Growth measures among preschool-age Inuit children living in Canada and Greenland

• Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
• Main Authors: Galloway, Tracey, Niclasen, Birgit V.L., Muckle, Gina, Young, Kue, Egeland, Grace M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Nunavik; Nunavut; Nuuk; greenlandic; inuit
• Online Access: 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

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...