scholarly journals Dietary Intake in a Population Undergoing a Rapid Transition in Diet and Lifestyle: The Inuvialuit in the Northwest Territories of Arctic Canada

2009 ◽  
Vol 100 (6) ◽  
pp. 442-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangita Sharma ◽  
Elsie De Roose ◽  
Xia Cao ◽  
Anita Pokiak ◽  
Joel Gittelsohn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Arctic Canada ◽  
Rapid Transition ◽  
Diet And Lifestyle

Assessing dietary intake in a population undergoing a rapid transition in diet and lifestyle: the Arctic Inuit in Nunavut, Canada

2009 ◽  
Vol 103 (5) ◽  
pp. 749-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangita Sharma ◽  
Xia Cao ◽  
Cindy Roache ◽  
Annie Buchan ◽  
Rhonda Reid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Lifestyle Intervention ◽  
Nutritional Intervention ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Traditional Foods ◽  
Intervention Programme ◽  
Nutritional Intervention Programme ◽  
Nutritional Transition ◽  
Rapid Transition ◽  
Diet And Lifestyle

The aims of the present study were to (1) characterise the diets of adult Inuit; (2) highlight foods for a nutritional and lifestyle intervention programme; (3) develop a quantitative FFQ (QFFQ) to evaluate the programme and monitor changes in dietary intake in this population over time. A dietary survey using single 24-h dietary recalls was conducted among Inuit aged between 19 and 87 years in two communities in Nunavut, Canada. Eighty-seven subjects completed the recalls (response rate was approximately 73 %). The mean energy intake for men and women was 9530 and 6939 kJ, respectively. The intakes of dietary fibre and the majority of vitamins and minerals (especially vitamins A, D, and E, total folate and Ca) were far below the recommendations. Traditional foods contributed 40 and 42 %, respectively, to protein and Fe intakes. Non-nutrient-dense store-bought foods were consumed much more frequently than the nutrient-dense traditional foods. Foods high in fat and sugar were highlighted, and will be replaced by healthier, more nutrient-dense alternatives to address the dietary inadequacies for the nutritional intervention programme. A 154-item QFFQ was developed and pilot tested in the Arctic Inuit. The present study highlighted foods to be targeted for a nutritional and lifestyle intervention programme not previously undertaken in this population. This QFFQ is culturally appropriate and specific for evaluating the effectiveness of the programme, as well as monitoring nutritional transition in this population.

Frequency of consumption of foods and beverages by Inuvialuit adults in Northwest Territories, Arctic Canada

2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 782-789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Zotor ◽  
Tony Sheehy ◽  
Madalina Lupu ◽  
Fariba Kolahdooz ◽  
Andre Corriveau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Arctic Canada

Assessment of Dietary Intake among Inuvialuit in Arctic Canada Using a Locally Developed Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fariba Kolahdooz ◽  
Lauren Butler ◽  
Madalina Lupu ◽  
Tony Sheehy ◽  
Andre Corriveau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Food Frequency Questionnaire ◽  
Arctic Canada ◽  
Food Frequency

Early Devonian eurypterids from the Northwest Territories of Arctic Canada

2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (8) ◽  
pp. 1167-1175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon J Braddy ◽  
Jason A Dunlop
Keyword(s):  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
Plant Material ◽  
Canadian Arctic ◽  
Arctic Canada ◽  
Early Devonian ◽  
Rock Formation

A new eurypterid fauna from the Lower Bear Rock Formation (Early Devonian, Emsian) of Anderson River, in the Northwest Territories of the Canadian Arctic, is described. The material comprises an almost complete specimen and five isolated carapaces of Erieopterus microphthalmus; an incomplete carapace and telson referred to Drepanopterus sp.; and an isolated prosomal appendage of Carcinosoma sp. Associations include actinopterygian, sarcopterygian, and acanthodian fish, as well as lingulids, conchostracans, ostracodes, coprolites, and plant material. A nearshore marine environment is inferred. This assemblage provides the first Canadian record of Drepanopterus and the youngest Canadian occurrences of erieopterid and carcinosomatid eurypterids.

Game Conservation in Arctic Canada

Polar Record ◽  
1942 ◽  
Vol 3 (23) ◽  
pp. 499-509
Author(s):  
Brian Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Wild Animals ◽  
Arctic Canada ◽  
Barren Ground ◽  
Slow Development ◽  
Musk Ox

It is only within comparatively recent years that the problem of conserving the game resources of the Northwest Territories has become a matter requiring the serious attention of those responsible for the administration of the Territories. The slow development of a crisis arose from the lack of co-ordinated knowledge and from the assumption that a sparse human population scattered over an immense area would not necessarily lead to any serious depletion in the numbers of wild animals. Fortunately investigation was begun and a measure of control effected in time; otherwise the story of the plains buffalo might have been repeated in the barren-ground caribou, as it was to a large degree in the musk ox, which are now reduced on the mainland to a few small herds within or close to the Thelon Game Sanctuary.

scholarly journals Dietary Intake, Adherence to Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle-Related Factors in People with Schizophrenia

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 851-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Costa ◽  
Scott Teasdale ◽  
Sandra Abreu ◽  
Tânia Bastos ◽  
Michel Probst ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Diet And Lifestyle

scholarly journals Dietary Predictors and Plasma Concentrations of Perfluorinated Compounds in a Coastal Population from Northern Norway

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotta Rylander ◽  
Magritt Brustad ◽  
Helena Falk ◽  
Torkjel M. Sandanger
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Plasma Concentrations ◽  
Perfluorooctane Sulfonate ◽  
Perfluorinated Compounds ◽  
Fatty Fish ◽  
Northern Norway ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Diet And Lifestyle ◽  
Detailed Questionnaire

Dietary intake, age, gender, and body mass index were investigated as possible predictors of perfluorinated compounds in a study population from northern Norway (44 women and 16 men). In addition to donating a blood sample, the participants answered a detailed questionnaire about diet and lifestyle. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) (29 ng/mL), perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) (3.9 ng/mL), perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) (0.5 ng/mL), perfluorononanoate (PFNA) (0.8 ng/mL), and perfluoroheptane sulfonate (PFHpS) (1.1 ng/mL) were detected in more than 95% of all samples. Of the dietary items investigated, fruit and vegetables significantly reduced the concentrations of PFOS and PFHpS, whereas fatty fish to a smaller extent significantly increased the levels of the same compounds. Men had significantly higher concentrations of PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, and PFHpS than women. There were significant differences in PFOS isomer pattern between genders, with women having the largest proportion of linear PFOS. PFOS, PFHxS, and PFHpS concentrations also increased with age.

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