Nutrition

Overview of a family based cultural home-mentoring intervention which addresses several lifestyle factors affecting the child and caregiver in American Indian tribes in Wisconsin.

2nd edition.

Looks at easy ways to improve diet such as adding fruit and vegetable purees to main dishes and soups. Article found by scrolling to page 11.

Focuses on food and nutrition as it pertains to Native Americans. The article discusses tribal food assistance programs, the availability of nutritious food choices on reserves and the loss of traditional foods in the diets of Native Americans.

Includes tips on making recipes healthier, how to choose healthier options, recipes for groups, healthy lunch ideas and more. Targeted at families living in British Columbia.

Discusses program linking a farm with a Navajo community-based charter elementary school and looks at general issues which should be considered when forming such a partnership.

Discusses an 8 week long course in which 40% of the registrants actively participated online.

Discusses a wellness curriculum for urban Native American youth aged 9-13.

Looks at The Healthy Native Communities Fellowship (HNCF) program which is a mentorship and leadership program that is strengths based.

Examines the findings from the report Everybody's Business: Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Community Stores and questions some of the recommendations.

Recipes accompanied by nutritional information.

Review of peer reviewed articles on interventions looking at characteristics, design, and evaluation outcomes.

Results indicated that Heart Rate (HR) is associated with fatty acid (FA) saturation.

Results revealed that Aboriginal children were more likely to be overweight than children in select comparison groups.

Results show that individuals from the inland community had a diet based on traditional foods which the coastal community did not have but both groups had a high intake of sugar and fat.

Examines coverage in two newspapers: The Globe and Mail and the National Post over a 14-year period between April 1, 1999 to September 1, 2013. Analysis suggests that reports reinforced perceptions about the Inuit as Other by focusing on issues such as hunger, poverty and income.

Kinesiology and Health Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--Queen's University, 2014.

Reports that one-quarter of women face nutritional problems due to their diet.

Discussion of the high rate of "big baby syndrome" among the Cree of James Bay.

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2011.

Study findings appeared to be inconclusive with more detailed research recommended.

Data indicated that fatty acid profiles differ between communities in the Eastern and Western Arctics.

Study of 30 year period in the early 20th century found exceedingly high death rates primarily due to acute respiratory infection linked to malnutrition and poverty.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2018.

Examines several aspects of disease; who is at risk of infection social and psychological characteristics, treatments and care in communities.

Study conducted between 2005 and 2010 with 292 participants living in 14 Nunavik communities found that likelihood of reducing size of children's meals was higher in crowded households.

Reviews studies and identifies gaps in knowledge in the areas of: susceptibility, degree of exposure, health implications, and requirements for risk management.

Findings show an increased likelihood of experiencing hunger dependant on lower income, larger household size and living in a predominately Inuit region.

Explores the relationship between loss of food and fears about Indigenous dependency as it played out in central and northern Australia from the 1920s to the 1950s.

Presentation on the history of a series of nutrition experiments conducted on residential school students between 1948 and 1952. Duration: 49:34.

Recommendations for improving food security through increasing hunting capacity, food processing and distribution capabilities and awareness about traditional foods.

Reviews report on health implications and reasons for food insecurity and the pilot food mail program in Kugaaruk, Nunavut.

Residential school survivors tell stories of dealing with persistent hunger.

Discusses the colonial marginalization of "country foods" and the resulting food insecurity in Inuit communities in Nunavut. Geography [Honours] Thesis (B.A)--McGill University, 2016.

Statistics from various sources gathered to assist tribes in developing public health programs and priorities.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2003.

Results showed positive effects on skinfold thickness, but not on body mass index (BMI), physical activity or diet over the study period.

Study conducted at Peetabeck Academy in Fort Albany found that those who participated in the program had significantly higher mean intakes from the "Vegetable and Fruit" food group.

Results from the study of the seven month program indicated the one significant change was an improvement in aerobic fitness.

Results show little downside economically or nutritionally when replacing some "country food" with food from other sources, but few have actually altered their lifestyle perhaps because of the high value placed on the traditional economy.

Describes changes in food composition and nutritional preferences among the Chukchi and Yupik.

Investigates the socio-cultural impacts of the Euro-Canadian agrarian initiative on the food systems of Fort Albany First Nation.

Health Studies and Gerontology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Waterloo, 2013.

Presents an intervention study of 200 non-diabetic American Indian women and the benefits reported from dietary change and glucose monitoring.

Study conducted with 116 students in Grades 1-6 from Alexander First Nation. Found that despite intervention, children did not increase consumption of fruits and vegetables over the long term. Results suggest that improving diet quality must involve home and community food environments.

Kinesiology and Recreation Management Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 2015.

Tested the hypothesis that wild game consumed by women of Mushkegowuk Territory may contain lead that might be transferred through blood or breast-milk to the fetus or infant.

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2006.

Looks at the public health challenge creates by food insecurity and the diet transition away from local, nutrient-rich country foods.