Food frequency questionnaire assessing traditional food consumption in Dene/Métis communities, Northwest Territories, Canada
Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQ) can be used to document food consumption and to estimate the intake of contaminants for Indigenous populations. The objective of this project was to refine and implement an FFQ to estimate the consumption of traditional locally harvested foods for Dene/Métis in th...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:7269081 2023-05-15T15:55:22+02:00 Food frequency questionnaire assessing traditional food consumption in Dene/Métis communities, Northwest Territories, Canada Ratelle, Mylène Skinner, Kelly Packull-McCormick, Sara Laird, Brian 2020-05-13 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7269081/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32400304 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2020.1760071 en eng Taylor & Francis http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7269081/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32400304 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2020.1760071 © 2020 The Author(s). published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY-NC Int J Circumpolar Health Original Research Article Text 2020 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2020.1760071 2020-06-14T00:34:15Z Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQ) can be used to document food consumption and to estimate the intake of contaminants for Indigenous populations. The objective of this project was to refine and implement an FFQ to estimate the consumption of traditional locally harvested foods for Dene/Métis in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The strategy consisted of: 1) refining the FFQ through three focus groups and, 2) implementing the FFQ in Indigenous communities. Participants were asked to complete the FFQ using an iPad to document the types of traditional foods consumed over the past 12 months, as well as the consumption frequency, the portion size, and the preparation methods. Focus groups supported the refinement of the FFQ on the format, the list of foods, and the preparation methods listed in the questionnaire. The refined FFQ was then implemented with participants (n = 237). Findings indicated that the traditional foods most frequently consumed were moose, whitefish and lake trout. Participants who consumed fish and land animals reported, on average, a portion size for one serving of between 126 and 143 g, depending on age and sex. These findings increase knowledge of the current traditional food consumption of Dene/Métis communities and will support the assessment of contaminant exposure. Text Circumpolar Health Northwest Territories PubMed Central (PMC) Canada Northwest Territories International Journal of Circumpolar Health 79 1 1760071 |
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Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQ) can be used to document food consumption and to estimate the intake of contaminants for Indigenous populations. The objective of this project was to refine and implement an FFQ to estimate the consumption of traditional locally harvested foods for Dene/Métis in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The strategy consisted of: 1) refining the FFQ through three focus groups and, 2) implementing the FFQ in Indigenous communities. Participants were asked to complete the FFQ using an iPad to document the types of traditional foods consumed over the past 12 months, as well as the consumption frequency, the portion size, and the preparation methods. Focus groups supported the refinement of the FFQ on the format, the list of foods, and the preparation methods listed in the questionnaire. The refined FFQ was then implemented with participants (n = 237). Findings indicated that the traditional foods most frequently consumed were moose, whitefish and lake trout. Participants who consumed fish and land animals reported, on average, a portion size for one serving of between 126 and 143 g, depending on age and sex. These findings increase knowledge of the current traditional food consumption of Dene/Métis communities and will support the assessment of contaminant exposure. |
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