The Association of Household Food Security, Household Characteristics and School Environment with Obesity Status Among Off-Reserve First Nations and Métis Children and Youth in Canada: Results from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jasmin Bhawra; Martin J. Cooke; Yanling Guo; Piotr Wilk
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, vol. 37, no. 3, March 2017, pp. 77-86
Description
Results show Indigenous children are at risk of being overweight or obese if there is very low food security and a poor school environment that exposed them to racism, bullying, and drugs.