Assessing dietary intake in a population undergoing a rapid transition in diet and lifestyle: The Arctic Inuit in Nunavut, Canada

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 749-759

  Sharma, Sangita ^a,e   Cao, Xia ^a   Roache, Cindy ^b   Buchan, Annie ^c   Reid, Rhonda ^c   Gittelsohn, Joel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

^c Community Wellness Centre ^*  (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary assessment; Food and nutrients; Inuit; Nunavut

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; NICOTINIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; ESKIMO; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRON INTAKE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MINERAL INTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROTEIN INTAKE; SUGAR INTAKE; VITAMIN INTAKE; ARCTIC; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INUITS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77949538183     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509992224     Document Type: Article

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