| Summary: | Context. Although traditional foods play a central role in Indigenous Peoples nutrition and culture, their intake is increasingly being replaced by processed foods, particularly among younger generations. Other than their lower nutritional quality, processed foods may also contain chemical contaminants from food processing and packaging that are known or suspected endocrine disruptors, such as perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) and bisphenol A (BPA). In 2015, the project Jeunes, Environnement et Santé / Youth, Environment and Health (JES!-YEH!) was conducted among children and youth (3-19y) in collaboration with four First Nation communities in Quebec (n=198) and the objectives of the present project were to: (i) Document exposure to PFAAs and BPA in comparison to the most recent youth data of the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS Cycle 5 2016-2017); (ii) Describe the intake of different food categories that may contain PFAAs or BPA; and (iii) Examine the associations between food categories intakes and exposure to these contaminants. Methods. Anthropometric measurements were taken and questionnaires were administered, including a food frequency questionnaire, based on which food intakes were calculated. Biological samples were collected, and serum was analysed for PFAAs (PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, PFNA) and urine for BPA. Generalized linear models were used to test associations between food intakes and biomarkers of exposure to PFAAs and BPA. Results. Mean PFNA serum concentrations were significantly higher than in the CHMS Cycle 5 (2016-2017) for the same age groups among Anishinabe participants, where as concentrations of mean PFOS, PFOA and PFHxS levels were lower than CHMS values among all JES!-YEH! participants. Mean urinary BPA concentrations were also higher than in the CHMS Cycle 5 (2016-2017) in all participants. Dairy products intake was high in comparison to other food categories, and especially milk, among Anishinabe participants aged 6 to 11 years old and Innu participants aged 3 to 5 and 6 to 11 years old. ...
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