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, Émilie, Gauthier, Marie-Josée, Blouin, Valérie, Grey, Minnie, Angiyou, Eli, Kauki, Takralik, Dewailly, Éric
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Co-Action Publishing 2012
• Subjects: Special Issue on Knowledge Translation in Arctic Health Research; Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Kuujjuaq; Nunavik; greenlandic; inuit
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3417698; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22818719; https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18833

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...