Prevalence of Obesity and Its Metabolic Correlates Among the Circumpolar Inuit in 3 Countries

Objectives. We investigated the prevalence of obesity and the metabolic correlates of different levels of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference among the Inuit in 3 countries.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	American Journal of Public Health
Main Authors:	Young, T. Kue, Bjerregaard, Peter, Dewailly, Eric, Risica, Patricia M., Jørgensen, Marit E., Ebbesson, Sven E. O.
Format:	Text
Language:	English
Published:	© American Journal of Public Health 2007 2007
Subjects:	Research and Practice inuit
Online Access:	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1829350 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17329661 https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2005.080614

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Summary:	Objectives. We investigated the prevalence of obesity and the metabolic correlates of different levels of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference among the Inuit in 3 countries.