Growth measures among preschool-age Inuit children living in Canada and Greenland
Aim: The present study reports findings from a study of preschool-age Inuit children living in the Arctic regions of Canada and Greenland. Methods: We compare stature and obesity measures using cutoffs from the Centers for Disease Control and the International Obesity Task Force references. The samp...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1403494812462495 2024-06-23T07:50:40+00:00 Growth measures among preschool-age Inuit children living in Canada and Greenland Galloway, Tracey Niclasen, Birgit V.L. Muckle, Gina Young, Kue Egeland, Grace M. 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494812462495 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1403494812462495 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1403494812462495 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Scandinavian Journal of Public Health volume 40, issue 8, page 712-717 ISSN 1403-4948 1651-1905 journal-article 2012 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494812462495 2024-06-04T06:26:51Z Aim: The present study reports findings from a study of preschool-age Inuit children living in the Arctic regions of Canada and Greenland. Methods: We compare stature and obesity measures using cutoffs from the Centers for Disease Control and the International Obesity Task Force references. The sample is comprised of 1121 Inuit children (554 boys and 567 girls) aged 3–5 years living in Nunavut ( n=376) and Nunavik ( n=87), Canada, in the capital city of Nuuk, Greenland ( n=86), and in Greenland’s remaining towns and villages ( n=572). Results: Greenland Inuit children were significantly taller than their Canadian counterparts, with greatest height and weight observed among children from Nuuk. Overall prevalence of stunting was low with the three cutoffs yielding similar values for height-for-age z-scores. Obesity prevalence was higher among Canadian Inuit children than their Greenland counterparts. Conclusions: Inuit children have stature values consistent with those of the Centers for Disease Control reference and low prevalence of stunting, though geographic variability in mean stature values between Canadian and Greenlandic samples likely reflects differences in both socioeconomic status and genetic admixture. Obesity prevalence is high among both Canadian and Greenland Inuit preschoolers, with children living in the city of Nuuk exhibiting lower obesity prevalence than children living in either Nunavut or Nunavik, Canada or Greenland’s towns and villages. Varying obesity prevalence may reflect varying degrees of food security in remote locations as well as the influence of stature and sitting height which have not been well studied in young Inuit children. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland greenlandic inuit Nunavut Nuuk Nunavik SAGE Publications Arctic Canada Greenland Nunavik Nunavut Nuuk ENVELOPE(-52.150,-52.150,68.717,68.717) Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 40 8 712 717 |
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Aim: The present study reports findings from a study of preschool-age Inuit children living in the Arctic regions of Canada and Greenland. Methods: We compare stature and obesity measures using cutoffs from the Centers for Disease Control and the International Obesity Task Force references. The sample is comprised of 1121 Inuit children (554 boys and 567 girls) aged 3–5 years living in Nunavut ( n=376) and Nunavik ( n=87), Canada, in the capital city of Nuuk, Greenland ( n=86), and in Greenland’s remaining towns and villages ( n=572). Results: Greenland Inuit children were significantly taller than their Canadian counterparts, with greatest height and weight observed among children from Nuuk. Overall prevalence of stunting was low with the three cutoffs yielding similar values for height-for-age z-scores. Obesity prevalence was higher among Canadian Inuit children than their Greenland counterparts. Conclusions: Inuit children have stature values consistent with those of the Centers for Disease Control reference and low prevalence of stunting, though geographic variability in mean stature values between Canadian and Greenlandic samples likely reflects differences in both socioeconomic status and genetic admixture. Obesity prevalence is high among both Canadian and Greenland Inuit preschoolers, with children living in the city of Nuuk exhibiting lower obesity prevalence than children living in either Nunavut or Nunavik, Canada or Greenland’s towns and villages. Varying obesity prevalence may reflect varying degrees of food security in remote locations as well as the influence of stature and sitting height which have not been well studied in young Inuit children. |
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Galloway, Tracey Niclasen, Birgit V.L. Muckle, Gina Young, Kue Egeland, Grace M. Growth measures among preschool-age Inuit children living in Canada and Greenland |
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Galloway, Tracey Niclasen, Birgit V.L. Muckle, Gina Young, Kue Egeland, Grace M. |
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Growth measures among preschool-age Inuit children living in Canada and Greenland |
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Growth measures among preschool-age Inuit children living in Canada and Greenland |
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Growth measures among preschool-age Inuit children living in Canada and Greenland |
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Growth measures among preschool-age Inuit children living in Canada and Greenland |
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Growth measures among preschool-age Inuit children living in Canada and Greenland |
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growth measures among preschool-age inuit children living in canada and greenland |
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