Nutrition

Looks at determinants of obesity and school-based programs directed at obesity in two south-western United States communities. Concludes with recommendations for future research.

Summarizes discussions from series of roundtables held in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Ontario. Topics covered: nature of the problem, current strategies and programs, key lessons, and future directions.

Comments on environmental contamination and its impact on food sources and health.

Examines consumption patterns in Aboriginal communities and the benefits and challenges of supporting traditional diets. Updated version.

Study evaluated the access available to Indigenous women in 44 communities across Arctic Canada.

Web publication describes and references published literature. Presents data for 527 species, drawing from over 490 ethnographic sources, and additional 91 unique sources reporting nutritional information, and 357 sources containing basic biological information.

Nursing Thesis (M.Sc.)--Montana State University, 2008.

Uses data from the Nunanvut Child Health Survey to assess household and nutritional characteristics, as well as reliance on traditional foods.

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2009.

Results indicate that traditional food (TF) intake has a disproportionate positive impact on the overall nutritional total.

Biology and Wildlife Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2016.

Results of a study suggest that the consumption of traditional food, especially wild fish, contributes to better vitamin D levels.

Looks at barriers and facilitators to serving traditional foods with a focus on the health care system and post-secondary institutions, and current programs and initiatives. Qualitative study based on interviews with 60 individuals.

Argues that efforts to promote and sustain traditional foods in Alaska Native populations will lead to improved health outcomes.

Discusses potential health risks by contamination of traditional foods and the economic and socio-cultural impacts.

Results of a study on the socio-cultural, environmental, and lifestyle changes associated with harvesting, preparation and consumption of food by Aboriginal peoples.

Discusses five themes that were identified from the interviews: hunger, sharing, gathering, medicine and religion.

Study attempt to find relationship between diet and mortality but findings were inconclusive. More study is recommended.

Results of a study to evaluate implementation of a preventative lifestyle modification program, aimed at a reduction in disease incidence through weight loss, diet change, and increased physical activity.

Study suggests that solutions are complex and involve a wide range of factors including socio-economic, environmental and even political.

Findings revealed that while positive trends were evident, most subjects considered themselves obese which could have negative psychological impacts.

Describes culturally sensitive programs being delivered to Indigenous Australians to improve wellness and enhance familiarity with the health care system.

Booklet relating to the Tsimshian people of northern coastal BC, describing various aspects of Tsimshian culture such as daily subsistence, spirituality, shamanism, family life and legends.

Project evaluated and selected 20 research articles which were then summarized and presented to 190 health workers and regional stakeholders in Nunavik in 6 thematic emails: Child Development, Infectious Diseases, Traditional and Modern Medicine, Metabolism, Nutrition and Contaminants, and Inuit Perspectives. Article lists were also published online.

Describes the foodborne botulism incidents of four individuals, including one who died later of cardiac arrest complications.

Extensive resource providing links to jobs and scholarships, nationwide programs and initiatives, medical and professional programs, and resources for IHS management.

Webcast provides overview of Indigenous foods, and discusses living off- the-grid and reconnecting with the land and food sources. Duration: 1:49:08.

Discusses the development and implementation of a Traditional Hawaiian Diet (THD) program as a culturally appropriate community intervention for improving the health status of Native Hawaiians.

Comments on a culturally appropriate exercise and diet intervention that approximates the training for Native Hawaiian warriors.

Looks at high quality data from Canada, United States, New Zealand and Australia concluding that intervention strategies are lacking for indigenous children.

Concerns by the midwives in the region include unhealthy behaviours in young women, the decline of traditional beliefs particularly during pregnancy, and nutritional deficiencies.

Discusses the context and concerns of the Indigenous food sovereignty (IFS) movement arising from research conducted by the authors; focuses on the creation and implementation of an Aboriginal research framework.

Study conducted with three Ontario communities: Ginoogaming First Nation, Aroland First Nation, and Eabametoong First Nation. Summarizes associations of behavior with health and well-being, and outlines how behaviour is occurring and what variables are associated with it.

Describes REKA Trust pilot project conducted with small community on New Zealand's North Island.

Study focused on three questions: interpretations of health, social, visual and cultural contexts, and barriers and strengths. Sample was 20 individuals.

Discusses the challenges and ideas to overcome the problem of underweight Aboriginal children in Australia.

French language transcript, with English translation, of a speech given by a student from The Sacred Heart School of Montreal, about on-reserve boil water advisories, urban infrastructure, and access to medicine, nutrition and food security issues. Given at Art Oratoire, a public speaking competition in Quebec.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2005.

Comments on the approach taken by Nunavut's Department of Health and Social Services to promote a healthy life style.

Article describes the ways that the appointment and support of a response team made up of local community members allowed for the use of local knowledge to better understand contemporary food systems; authors advocate for the integration of multiple ways of knowing in food safety policy making.

Describes a long term study from 1987 that looked at the impacts of maternal health and birth size on childhood growth, nutrition, morbidity and chronic disease risk factors.

Evaluation based on survey distributed to customers to evaluate of market activity and impact on the community. Provides recommendations.

First comprehensive report on this group of nutrients in the primary foods of the Sahtú Dene/Métis traditional food system. The report includes use frequency and composition of caribou, moose, beaver and other species..

Studies how cultural beliefs influence health behaviors regarding diabetes in order to develop a community based intervention program.

Discusses nutritional constituents and pharmacological properties. Uses information from studies conducted between 1884 and 1980.

Examines past weaning behavior and ferility by inspecting changes in nitrogen isotope ratios in bones.