Nutrition

Article examines the behavioural risk factors for arterial hypertension (AH)—including tobacco use, excessive alcohol use, and a lack of physical activity—among Evenk people. Also notes that incidence of AH is also influenced by marital status, employment, education, and housing conditions.

File includes a memo from the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration regarding the provision of lunches or mid-day refreshment for all Indian pupils; and a memorandum concerning Chief Guy Williams' concerns about the Indian Claims Commission terms of reference.

Study shows older members of the community consume more traditional food than younger members and men consume more traditional food than do women.

First Nation Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2012.

Explains use of wild strawberries, red raspberries and juniper berries.

Depicts the Board's challenges addressing the declining amount of contaminated, traditional food versus the increasing consumption of high caloric, processed foods.

Revised edition 1991.

Looks at the high consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, inadequate water consumption, and the risk factors for obesity.

Comments on the food security crisis in Nunavut and the need for new policy approaches.

Discusses how malnourished Aboriginals in Canada served as unwitting and unprotected subjects in government-sponsored experiments in the 1940s and 1950s.

Describes a program undertaken in Port Augusta, South Australia that offers an integrated, culturally appropriate range of nutrition advice that includes community input.

Looks at data that will be used to tailor health promotion initiatives for First Nations Youth living in isolated communities.

Book review of: Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples by Nancy J. Turner. An updated second edition of Turner's 1975 British Columbia Provincial Museum Handbook. A companion volume Food Plants of Interior First Peoples has also be revised by Turner.

Book reviews of 6 books: Urban Indians: The Strangers in Canada's Cities by Larry Krotz. Report of the Indian Child Welfare Sub-Committee Manitoba. Inuit Songs from Eskimo Point [edited] by Ramon Pellinski, Luk Suluk and Lucy Amarook. Song of Sedna by Robert D. San Souci. Gathering What the Great Nature Provided: Food Traditions of the Gitksan by the People of 'Ksan. Pitseolak, A Canadian Tragedy by David F. Raine.

Concludes that despite high awareness of botulism many still use plastic containers for fermented food and some misconceptions about botulism remain

Stresses the benefits of mothers breast feeding their infant children.

Transcript of conversation between community health workers and a nutritionist.

Reports on the Bibbulung Gnarneep cohort study which indicated that mothers realized the importance of breastfeeding but required support to maintain it for the optimal time period.

Outlines the manner in which the training was organized and how the project was completed.

Briefly outlines program.

Public Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2013.

Looks at a pilot program which has promising results and important implications for health care providers and public policy makers.

Outlines the organizational development of the Center for Alaska Native Health Research (CANHR) study and the procedures used in its development.

Policy report explores expanding role of Tribal Colleges and Universities serving local communities in five areas: pre-school, elementary and secondary education, health and nutrition, faculty role models, agriculture and natural resource management and preservation of culture and language.

Study results show a high future cancer burden in the First-Nations on-reserve population.

Describes many types of 'bush foods' used to sustain the Aboriginal diet in Tasmania, Australia.

Studies the retail subsidy program to evaluate success of goal to provide access to nutritious food for northern people.

Estimates dietary intake of calcium and vitamin D and determines why disparities exist between cultures.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.

Discusses development of replicable design which would enable northern communities to have access to locally produced food on a year-round basis.

Shows an increased risk for cancer and other chronic diseases for First Nations people living on reserve compared to non-Aboriginal populations.

Compares prevalence of smoking, obesity, level of physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and alcohol use as well as uptake of screening for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer. Uses data from 2007 and 2011 Canadian Community Health Survey.

Findings indicate that coastal residents with a higher n-3 fatty intake may lower heart disease risk.

Program combined store-based and community-based activities which promoted healthy eating and physical exercise. Describes project and outcomes, and discusses implications for research, policy and practice. Chapter from Population Health Intervention Research Casebook. Scroll to p. 36.

Project was a collaboration with the communities of Fort Albany, Kashechewan and Attawapiskat First Nations and involved three distinct programs designed to address high rates of obesity and low diet quality. Chapter from Population Health Intervention Research Casebook.

Explores the prevalence of central adiposity in Canadian Cree children and promotes preventative strategies including physical fitness and a healthy diet.

Parents discuss concerns for the health of their children and develop a project to promote mental and physical fitness in the village of Old Crow. Duration: 55:00.

Nutritional surveys of women aged 15 to 44 from Repulse Bay and Pond Inlet.

Investigation of the evolution of local diets reveals several unique traits compared with previous diets.

Impact of contact with Europeans on the traditional diet of Native Americans in this state.

Studies the correlation between a drift from traditional food to market food and increased body mass index.

[Geography] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 2005.

Interview of Charlie Chief who discusses the a Grass Dance, Round Dance and Sioux Dance (including songs). Also included are songs. The discusses the difference between old and new ways. Alphonse Littlepoplar is the intterpreter

Examines the prevalence of hunger among Canadian children and the characteristics of, and coping strategies used by, families with children experiencing hunger.

Announcement of $15M (Australian) fund which aims to improve the nutritional status of Australian children with a particular emphasis on rural and remote communities.

Contends that weight or physical growth patterns are good indicators of overall health status.

Brief articles describe condition and treatment of nutrition and diabetes in children.

Paediatrician comments on the relatively high fat component of most of these food and recommends moderation.