Dietary correlates of an at-risk BMI among Inuit adults in the Canadian high arctic: cross-sectional international polar year Inuit health survey, 2007-2008

• Main Authors: Zienczuk, Natalia, Young, T. Kue, Cao, Zhirong R., Egeland, Grace M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Obesity; High-sugar drinks; Inuit; Arctic; International Polar Year; inuit
• Online Access: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/3d8a6aef-0c2a-40a9-9fdc-22278be4519e; https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-jq84-fm16

"Background: The study’s objective was to investigate the dietary correlates of an at-risk body mass index (BMI) among Inuit adults from thirty-six communities across the Canadian Arctic using data from the cross-sectional International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey, conducted in 2007–2008. Methods: The survey included assessments of 24-hr dietary recall, sociodemographics, physical activity, and anthropometry. Dietary characteristics of overweight and obesity were similar and therefore combined into one at- risk BMI category (≥25 kg/m2) for analyses. The relationship between an at-risk BMI and energy intake from macronutrients, high sugar drinks, high-fat foods, saturated fatty acids, and traditional foods were examined entering each dietary variable separately into a logistic regression model as an independent variable. Analyses were adjusted for age, sex, region, kcalories, walking, smoking and alcohol consumption. Further multivariable models considered selected dietary variables together in one model." (as cited in abstract)