Preventing Obesity in Canada’s Aboriginal Children: Not Just a Matter of Eating Right and Getting Active
Obesity is a growing issue for all children. Many experts say that preventing obesity is largely a matter of eating the right foods and getting enough physical activity. This advice doesn’t recognize the fact that First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children face unique barriers to growing up healthy an...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University of Western Ontario
2011
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/2d1e4382d2ed4300ae9a4ebaed1e5280 |
| _version_ | 1821512897483767808 |
|---|---|
| author | Melanie A. Ferris |
| author_facet | Melanie A. Ferris |
| author_sort | Melanie A. Ferris |
| collection | Unknown |
| description | Obesity is a growing issue for all children. Many experts say that preventing obesity is largely a matter of eating the right foods and getting enough physical activity. This advice doesn’t recognize the fact that First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children face unique barriers to growing up healthy and strong simply because of theiridentity. This paper discusses how the social determinants of health impact the ability of Aboriginal children to grow up free of obesity. The paper highlights results from a community-based research project conducted amongst Aboriginal parents and service providers in Ontario who wish to prevent obesity amongst their ownyoung children and clients. Research was carried out over two years to help develop a “toolkit” and training program to help service provides increase efforts to prevent obesity amongst First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children from the ages of 2 to 6 in Ontario. |
| format | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| genre | First Nations inuit |
| genre_facet | First Nations inuit |
| id | fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:2d1e4382d2ed4300ae9a4ebaed1e5280 |
| institution | Open Polar |
| language | English |
| op_collection_id | fttriple |
| op_relation | 1916-5781 https://doaj.org/article/2d1e4382d2ed4300ae9a4ebaed1e5280 |
| op_rights | undefined |
| op_source | International Indigenous Policy Journal, Vol 2, Iss 1, p 2 (2011) |
| publishDate | 2011 |
| publisher | University of Western Ontario |
| record_format | openpolar |
| spelling | fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:2d1e4382d2ed4300ae9a4ebaed1e5280 2025-01-16T21:54:22+00:00 Preventing Obesity in Canada’s Aboriginal Children: Not Just a Matter of Eating Right and Getting Active Melanie A. Ferris 2011-05-01 https://doaj.org/article/2d1e4382d2ed4300ae9a4ebaed1e5280 en eng University of Western Ontario 1916-5781 https://doaj.org/article/2d1e4382d2ed4300ae9a4ebaed1e5280 undefined International Indigenous Policy Journal, Vol 2, Iss 1, p 2 (2011) childhood obesity prevention Aboriginal children First Nations Inuit Métis wholistic nutrition physical socio edu Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2011 fttriple 2023-01-22T18:55:29Z Obesity is a growing issue for all children. Many experts say that preventing obesity is largely a matter of eating the right foods and getting enough physical activity. This advice doesn’t recognize the fact that First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children face unique barriers to growing up healthy and strong simply because of theiridentity. This paper discusses how the social determinants of health impact the ability of Aboriginal children to grow up free of obesity. The paper highlights results from a community-based research project conducted amongst Aboriginal parents and service providers in Ontario who wish to prevent obesity amongst their ownyoung children and clients. Research was carried out over two years to help develop a “toolkit” and training program to help service provides increase efforts to prevent obesity amongst First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children from the ages of 2 to 6 in Ontario. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations inuit Unknown |
| spellingShingle | childhood obesity prevention Aboriginal children First Nations Inuit Métis wholistic nutrition physical socio edu Melanie A. Ferris Preventing Obesity in Canada’s Aboriginal Children: Not Just a Matter of Eating Right and Getting Active |
| title | Preventing Obesity in Canada’s Aboriginal Children: Not Just a Matter of Eating Right and Getting Active |
| title_full | Preventing Obesity in Canada’s Aboriginal Children: Not Just a Matter of Eating Right and Getting Active |
| title_fullStr | Preventing Obesity in Canada’s Aboriginal Children: Not Just a Matter of Eating Right and Getting Active |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preventing Obesity in Canada’s Aboriginal Children: Not Just a Matter of Eating Right and Getting Active |
| title_short | Preventing Obesity in Canada’s Aboriginal Children: Not Just a Matter of Eating Right and Getting Active |
| title_sort | preventing obesity in canada’s aboriginal children: not just a matter of eating right and getting active |
| topic | childhood obesity prevention Aboriginal children First Nations Inuit Métis wholistic nutrition physical socio edu |
| topic_facet | childhood obesity prevention Aboriginal children First Nations Inuit Métis wholistic nutrition physical socio edu |
| url | https://doaj.org/article/2d1e4382d2ed4300ae9a4ebaed1e5280 |