Nutrition

Discusses findings that while bone density of Inuit is decreased in women with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2D) is reduced the risk of osteoporosis is mitigated.

Natural Resources Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2015.

Describes the development of formative research and assessment methods used in an intervention study.

Looks at the connection between the right to free, prior and informed consent and the work of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK).

Comments on "food security" or "food sovereignty" movements that are popping up across North America to address health and cultural problems in Indigenous communities.

Study shows nutritional intervention strategies are needed to promote frequent consumption of nutrient-rich foods and less frequent consumption of non-nutrient dense foods.

Article profiles the creation of a new community garden in the Spirit Lake Dakota community; discusses issues of food education, food security, and food sovereignty.

Report summarizes the testimonies from hearings held to introduce the new Nutrition North Canada program and presents the Committee's observations and recommendations.

Study found significant association between high birthweight and diabetes.

Discusses future research projects required to fully understand the effect contaminants are having on Inuit health.

Two generations ago diabetes was unknown in Sandy Lake, now there is a high prevalence of diabetes caused by genetic and environmental factors, such as a more sedentary lifestyle, a higher caloric intake diet of saturated fats and sugars.

Commentary on diabetes during pregnancy and the short-term and long-term adverse effects for both mother and child.

Article about a new comedy series on APTN by Métis writer/producer Jason Friesen titled, Health Nutz.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.

Explains the nutritional value of 18 traditional foods and includes recipes for each one.

Looks at ways that Aboriginal people are coping with food insecurity and notes that public health policies to improve food security are urgently needed.

Presents updated interviews originally conducted in 2012, offering a glimpse of how communities are using traditional foods as a way to promote a healthy lifestyle, share cultural knowledge and reclaim a local food system.

Comments on how today's First Nations and aboriginal children are prone to type 2 diabetes, childhood obesity and other health problems.

Environment Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 2015.

Describes how the project uses a variety of outreach and community education programs to promote healthier lifestyles, sustainability, and self-sufficiency among reservation residents. The demonstration garden allows community members to learn about gardening, and food preparation and preservation in a direct, hands-on way.

Resource for parents. Looks at physical activity and eating traditional and healthy foods on a budget.

Discusses how to keep children healthy through nutrition and physical activity. Adapted from the BC booklet Growing Up Healthy published in 2013.

[Family Relations and Applied Nutrition] Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Guelph, 2002.

Recommendations from a conference aimed at reducing cardiovascular disease through management of lipids.

A report outlining the benefits and creation of greenhouses to improve Indigenous life expectancies.

Book review of: Gutbuster Waist Loss Guide by Garry Egger and Rosemary Stanton.

Looks at the contradictory accounts regarding the importance of halibut as a subsistence resource to the Haida of Haida Gwaii and the Makah of Washington State.

Focuses on the daily routine, curriculum, health standards, and students' acts of resistance at the school.

Focuses on programs and developing strategies launched through the Healing Trail program to promote diabetes awareness within Aboriginal communities.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.21.

Uses material from the Presbyterian Church of Canada Archives to examine medical experimentation conducted on students at the school.

Statistics for: low birthweight, pre-term births, infant mortality, births to teenage mothers, and disease and injury premature mortality. Related material: The Health and Well-being of the Aboriginal Population: Interim Update [2012]. First Nations Health and Well-being: Interim Update [2015].

Looks at risk behaviors such as tobacco use, diet and physical inactivity by surveying communities and using the Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System conducted by state health departments and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Author, who works with the Dietary-Nutrition Unit in the Aboriginal Health Programme in Cairns, Queensland, Australia describes how the goal is to provide useful information to reduce sickness.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2006.

Provides a synopsis and commentary of Family Food Work: Lessons Learned From Urban Aboriginal Women About Nutrition Promotion by W. Foley published in Australian Journal of Primary Health, 16, 268-274.

Looks at camps that were developed for Koories with diabetes and their family members with an emphases on diet, lifestyle changes and relationships.

Discusses use of information on cause of disease to facilitate processes and outcome indicators for community strategy planning.

Results from feedback about changing health outcomes and priorities and ideas about using innovation and technology to promote fixes for health disparities.

Looks at a curriculum, designed for Tribal Schools, that integrates science and Native American traditions to educate students on the importance of nutrition and physical activity for a healthy lifestyle.

Looks at concerns of exposure to physical, biological, chemical and radiological hazards on children and the unborn..

Includes statistics on health status and behaviour, emotional well-being, use of services, etc.

Describes the role of the Special Programmes Section of the Division of Health Promotion and how it assists Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander citizens to have more positive health outcomes.

Looks at two possible explanations for health care disparities among Australian populations.

Literature review on the health of Aboriginal and youth in Canada focusing on the southern Alberta area.

Reports on the efforts measuring the nutritional value of Australian Aboriginal bush foods and asks readers to assist their efforts by collecting bush foods on their behalf.

Argues that the September 2004 announcement increasing funding to Aboriginal health care must be accompanied by healthy diets and exercise.

Summary of results and findings. Sample consisted of 712 adults, 566 youth and 666 children.