Translational research to reduce trans-fat intakes in Northern Québec (Nunavik) Inuit communities: a success story?

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Émilie Counil, Marie-Josée Gauthier, Valérie Blouin, Minnie Grey, Eli Angiyou, Takralik Kauki, Éric Dewailly
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2012
• Subjects: trans-fat; translational research; intervention; Inuit diet; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Nunavik; Canada; Greenland; Kuujjuaq; Circumpolar Health; greenlandic; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; inuit
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18833; https://doaj.org/article/f0f0420edfde4ad490295cf46ece9a48

Following our results, based on population studies conducted in Greenland and Northern Canada, that Nunavik Inuit were thrice as highly exposed to dietary trans-fat as were Greenlandic Inuit, and that the biological levels found in Nunavik were already associated with deleterious blood lipid profile...