Awareness of chronic disease diagnosis amongst family members is associated with healthy dietary knowledge but not behaviour amongst Inuit in Arctic Canada

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 100-109

  Pakseresht, M ^a   Mead, E ^a   Gittelsohn, J ^b   Roache, C ^c   Sharma, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

^c Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Chronic disease; Diet; Dietary knowledge; Healthy Foods North; Inuit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EATING; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INUITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUNAVUT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956459519     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2010.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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