Food Consumption Patterns and Use of Country Foods by Native Canadians Near Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada
This study examined food consumption patterns of native (Indian and Metis) Canadians living in a boreal forest area with good access to both store-bought and country foods (traditional foods from the land, such as wild animals, birds, fish and berries). Frequency of use by season of 48 country foods...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/64593 2023-05-15T14:19:12+02:00 Food Consumption Patterns and Use of Country Foods by Native Canadians Near Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada Wein, Eleanor E. Sabry, Jean Henderson Evers, Frederick T. 1991-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64593 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64593/48507 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64593 ARCTIC; Vol. 44 No. 3 (1991): September: 177–265; 196-205 1923-1245 0004-0843 Elders Food Native peoples Social surveys Subsistence Alberta Northern N.W.T Saskatchewan Wood Buffalo National Park Alberta/N.W.T info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1991 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:21:48Z This study examined food consumption patterns of native (Indian and Metis) Canadians living in a boreal forest area with good access to both store-bought and country foods (traditional foods from the land, such as wild animals, birds, fish and berries). Frequency of use by season of 48 country foods by 120 households was examined by interview with the female household head. Twenty-four-hour recalls of individual food consumption on four separate days over two seasons were obtained by interview with 178 persons (71 males, 107 females) age 13-86 years, and the mean values per person were used to represent their usual intakes. The mean reported household frequency of use (number of occasions per year) was as follows: all country foods 319, including large mammals 128, berries 63, fish 62, birds 32, and small mammals 27. The upper quintile of households used country food two and one-half times more often than the sample as a whole. Recalls of individual food consumption showed that country food was consumed on average 4.2 times per week and averaged 0.5 kg per week. Country meat, birds and fish accounted for one-third of the total consumption of meat, birds and fish. Young people consumed less country food than did their elders. Thus, country food constitutes an important part of the food supply, especially of meat and fish of many native people of this region.Key words: country food, food consumption patterns, Indians, Metis, native Canadians Mots clés: aliments provenant directement de la nature, schémas de consommation alimentaire, Indiens, Métis, autochtones canadiens Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Metis Wood Buffalo Wood Buffalo National Park University of Calgary Journal Hosting Canada Indian Wood Buffalo ENVELOPE(-112.007,-112.007,57.664,57.664) ARCTIC 44 3 |
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This study examined food consumption patterns of native (Indian and Metis) Canadians living in a boreal forest area with good access to both store-bought and country foods (traditional foods from the land, such as wild animals, birds, fish and berries). Frequency of use by season of 48 country foods by 120 households was examined by interview with the female household head. Twenty-four-hour recalls of individual food consumption on four separate days over two seasons were obtained by interview with 178 persons (71 males, 107 females) age 13-86 years, and the mean values per person were used to represent their usual intakes. The mean reported household frequency of use (number of occasions per year) was as follows: all country foods 319, including large mammals 128, berries 63, fish 62, birds 32, and small mammals 27. The upper quintile of households used country food two and one-half times more often than the sample as a whole. Recalls of individual food consumption showed that country food was consumed on average 4.2 times per week and averaged 0.5 kg per week. Country meat, birds and fish accounted for one-third of the total consumption of meat, birds and fish. Young people consumed less country food than did their elders. Thus, country food constitutes an important part of the food supply, especially of meat and fish of many native people of this region.Key words: country food, food consumption patterns, Indians, Metis, native Canadians Mots clés: aliments provenant directement de la nature, schémas de consommation alimentaire, Indiens, Métis, autochtones canadiens |
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Food Consumption Patterns and Use of Country Foods by Native Canadians Near Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada |
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Food Consumption Patterns and Use of Country Foods by Native Canadians Near Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada |
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Food Consumption Patterns and Use of Country Foods by Native Canadians Near Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada |
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Food Consumption Patterns and Use of Country Foods by Native Canadians Near Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada |
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Food Consumption Patterns and Use of Country Foods by Native Canadians Near Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada |
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food consumption patterns and use of country foods by native canadians near wood buffalo national park, canada |
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The Arctic Institute of North America |
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Canada Indian Wood Buffalo |
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