Nutrient intakes, major food sources and dietary inadequacies of Inuit adults living in three remote communities in Nunavut, Canada

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 578-586

  Sharma, S ^a   Hopping, B N ^b   Roache, C ^a   Sheehy, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Arctic regions; Dietary intake; Inuit; Nutritional transition; Quantitative food frequency questionnaire

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INUIT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL TRANSITION; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUANTITATIVE FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ARCTIC REGIONS; DIETARY INTAKE; INUIT; NUTRITIONAL TRANSITION; QUANTITATIVE FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUNAVUT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84888003278     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jhn.12091     Document Type: Article

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