Diabetes
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Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, September 1989, pp. 12-14
Description
Fact sheet on Diabetes.
Review of film The Sweetness In Life: A Diabetes Story an award-winning TV series produced by Doug Cuthand, hosted by Monica Goulet and Tasha Hubbard; looks at diabetes awareness, treatment and prevention.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.41.
Authors note that Canada’s new Healthy Eating Strategy does not address social determinants of health (childhood environments, gender, Indigenous status, income, education and occupation) as root causes of poor diet quality; they suggest that a reduction of diet inequities will require policy change.