Table 3.
Mean* consumption (g/person per d) of market foods by adult Inuit respondents of the 24 h recall (n 2095), by region; Inuit Health Survey, 2007–2008
| Nunavut (n 1568) | Inuvialuit Settlement Region (n 267) | Nunatsiavut (n 260) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market food groups/subgroups† | % of recalls | Mean | sd | % of recalls | Mean | sd | % of recalls | Mean | sd |
| Dairy products | 62·0 | 48·5 | 132 | 69·3 | 65·0 | 128 | 72·3 | 93·5 | 185 |
| Milk | 17·6 | 32·7 | 120 | 25·1 | 41·5 | 12 | 60·0 | 81·8 | 82 |
| Coffee whitener and milk powder | 40·4 | 5·3 | 16 | 34·1 | 3·4 | 9 | 6·9 | 1·0 | 6 |
| Cream | 5·7 | 1·8 | 11 | 10·5 | 4·9 | 21 | 1·9 | 0·9 | 9 |
| Cheese | 13·5 | 5·7 | 21 | 21·0 | 8·6 | 25 | 23·5 | 7·5 | 19 |
| Yoghurt | 1·4 | 2·7 | 42 | 5·6 | 6·6 | 30 | 1·9 | 2·2 | 19 |
| Added fat | 51·7 | 10·4 | 22 | 68·5 | 14·7 | 21 | 72·7 | 11·4 | 14 |
| Table fat | 33·5 | 3·7 | 9 | 56·2 | 7·2 | 12 | 63·5 | 7·0 | 10 |
| Vegetable oil | 10·3 | 1·8 | 9 | 14·2 | 2·4 | 8 | 16·5 | 2·0 | 7 |
| Lard and shortening | 13·8 | 3·5 | 15 | 10·9 | 2·4 | 9 | 2·7 | 0·5 | 4 |
| Salad dressing and mayonnaise | 7·0 | 1·4 | 9 | 16·1 | 2·7 | 9 | 12·7 | 1·9 | 6 |
| Market meat and alternatives | 67·6 | 144·3 | 180 | 87·3 | 228·8 | 220 | 90·0 | 247·8 | 225 |
| Poultry | 18·9 | 36·8 | 97 | 25·8 | 47·5 | 109 | 34·6 | 53·1 | 97 |
| Pork | 18·8 | 17·3 | 76 | 22·8 | 21·7 | 62 | 27·3 | 24·0 | 59 |
| Beef | 17·1 | 23·4 | 72 | 23·2 | 27·4 | 66 | 26·5 | 32·3 | 87 |
| Processed meat | 16·4 | 14·2 | 45 | 20·2 | 17·0 | 54 | 25·0 | 23·6 | 55 |
| Eggs | 22·1 | 23·9 | 52 | 24·7 | 28·8 | 67 | 26·5 | 25·2 | 54 |
| Fish and shellfish | 4·7 | 6·7 | 43 | 19·9 | 23·9 | 72 | 18·5 | 32·7 | 105 |
| Broth and gravy | 10·9 | 20·5 | 78 | 20·2 | 59·6 | 160 | 27·3 | 55·5 | 134 |
| Alternatives | 4·7 | 1·2 | 9 | 7·5 | 2·7 | 15 | 8·8 | 1·3 | 7 |
| Fruits and fruit juice | 25·1 | 99·0 | 261 | 38·2 | 131·5 | 282 | 46·2 | 185·5 | 363 |
| Fruit (solid) | 13·4 | 23·2 | 80 | 24·7 | 43·1 | 124 | 16·9 | 25·9 | 71 |
| Fruit (juice) | 12·7 | 70·1 | 236 | 15·0 | 72·8 | 230 | 31·2 | 145·4 | 329 |
| Canned fruit | 3·0 | 5·5 | 37 | 5·6 | 15·4 | 83 | 4·2 | 13·2 | 98 |
| Dried fruit | 1·3 | 0·3 | 5 | 2·6 | 0·2 | 2 | 4·2 | 1·0 | 8 |
| Vegetables | 43·3 | 68·5 | 138 | 61·4 | 115·2 | 189 | 62·7 | 95·1 | 151 |
| Solid vegetable | 38·0 | 41·7 | 91 | 52·8 | 63·1 | 110 | 58·8 | 66·7 | 107 |
| Vegetable sauce and soup | 10·7 | 26·8 | 102 | 18·7 | 52·2 | 150 | 11·5 | 28·4 | 107 |
| Cereals, grains and starches | 87·6 | 186·0 | 191 | 92·9 | 247·0 | 202 | 97·7 | 216·5 | 166 |
| Bread | 49·8 | 37·7 | 61 | 68·9 | 67·8 | 80 | 80·0 | 65·1 | 61 |
| Bannock | 24·3 | 31·1 | 83 | 14·6 | 15·2 | 49 | 2·7 | 3·1 | 25 |
| Crackers and other | 21·5 | 10·0 | 31 | 24·3 | 13·1 | 47 | 28·5 | 11·3 | 26 |
| Pasta | 10·5 | 25·2 | 92 | 19·5 | 25·0 | 79 | 11·5 | 26·8 | 115 |
| Rice | 20·7 | 35·3 | 93 | 30·0 | 38·2 | 85 | 25·0 | 30·0 | 75 |
| Cereals | 12·9 | 11·9 | 49 | 21·7 | 44·0 | 119 | 17·7 | 17·4 | 59 |
| Potatoes | 31·4 | 34·6 | 82 | 37·1 | 43·2 | 81 | 56·5 | 62·7 | 89 |
| Sweets and snacks | 93·1 | 653·7 | 821 | 92·1 | 616·4 | 746 | 94·6 | 465·9 | 644 |
| Sweetened beverages | 64·2 | 577·8 | 795 | 57·7 | 533·0 | 724 | 44·2 | 369·8 | 601 |
| Sugar | 69·8 | 36·4 | 61 | 65·5 | 17·7 | 27 | 71·2 | 21·7 | 35 |
| Sweet toppings and spreads | 10·3 | 2·1 | 14 | 15·7 | 4·5 | 20 | 24·6 | 5·2 | 13 |
| Chocolate and candy | 14·9 | 10·5 | 40 | 16·9 | 17·3 | 66 | 20·4 | 13·1 | 49 |
| Pastries | 15·1 | 10·9 | 37 | 18·4 | 22·4 | 85 | 24·6 | 18·2 | 47 |
| Sweet dairy products | 3·4 | 3·6 | 28 | 6·7 | 10·3 | 49 | 7·3 | 9·8 | 44 |
| Potato chips | 19·3 | 12·4 | 38 | 13·9 | 11·3 | 38 | 27·7 | 28·1 | 72 |
| Mixed dishes and other | 51·0 | 134·7 | 221 | 55·1 | 153·2 | 245 | 50·4 | 105·4 | 201 |
| Mixtures (grain) | 32·4 | 91·0 | 187 | 37·8 | 109·9 | 217 | 26·9 | 58·2 | 146 |
| Mixtures (meat) | 14·1 | 38·5 | 123 | 10·1 | 23·5 | 92 | 11·9 | 40·4 | 147 |
| Sauces and condiments | 16·0 | 4·9 | 21 | 21·0 | 10·0 | 33 | 21·5 | 6·9 | 22 |
| Low-calorie items | 92·9 | 1377·4 | 1282 | 94·4 | 1491·6 | 1118 | 96·5 | 1267·9 | 1168 |
| Coffee and tea | 87·1 | 1100·7 | 1121 | 87·3 | 976·1 | 903 | 85·4 | 706·8 | 684 |
| Diet/low-calorie beverages | 6·0 | 33·8 | 162 | 3·7 | 29·7 | 198 | 20·0 | 117·4 | 285 |
| Salt and seasoning | 11·1 | 0·3 | 1 | 19·5 | 0·4 | 2 | 13·1 | 0·3 | 2 |
*
Population mean (consumers and non-consumers), by region.
†
The detailed categorization scheme for market foods is presented in the online supplementary material, Supplemental Table 2.