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: Counil, Emilie, Gauthier, Marie-Josée, Blouin, Valérie, Grey, Minnie, Angiyou, Eli, Kauki, Takralik, Dewailly, Éric
• Other Authors: École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique EHESP (EHESP), Université Laval Québec (ULaval)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2012
• Subjects: Quebec; Inuit; Trans Fatty Acids; [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie; [SDV.AEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition; Arctic; Nunavik; Canada; Greenland; Kuujjuaq; Circumpolar Health; greenlandic; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; inuit
• Online Access: https://hal.ehesp.fr/hal-03118706; https://hal.ehesp.fr/hal-03118706/document; https://hal.ehesp.fr/hal-03118706/file/Translational%20research%20to%20reduce%20trans%20fat%20intakes%20in%20Northern%20Qu%20bec%20Nunavik%20Inuit%20communities%20a%20success%20story.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18833

International audience 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 deleteri...