| Geo-climatic conditions |
Isolated from food production and distribution centres Communities isolated from each other Accessible only by plane during winter and spring, by boat in the summer and fall Extreme climatic weather conditions
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Cost of transportation (airplane), maintenance and repair Losses of perishable foods Impact on the price of food Need for products with long preservation Irregularity of availability of some products, low quality of fresh products, lack of diversity
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| Socio-economic inequalities |
High price index in Kuujjuaq for imported goods compared to the Québec area Low personal disposable income per capita High dependency ratio High costs of health care professionals and health promotion campaigns High turnover of health care professionals, store managers, occasional volunteers
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Difficulty of individual and household budget planning, prioritisation of needs and longings Risk of food insecurity Influence on food preferences and food choices Cost and durability of education campaigns, prevention strategies, and programs
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| Ethno-cultural aspects |
Inuit economic and food systems Clash of dietary cultures Few Inuk workers in the health and nutrition sector, few food anthropology in Arctic regions, few fundamental research on Inuit metabolism No local equivalents when wish to promote country food in
replacement of SBF Contradictory messages about virtues and vices (benefits and risks) of country foods (nutrients vs. contaminants)
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Lack of language-sensitive nutrition information tools Lack of culturally-sensitive dietary recommendations Lack of ethnic-specific dietary recommendations Risk of inconsistencies in dietary recommendations regarding country food
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| Historical and political roots |
Sedentary settlement due to school, trading posts, and other governmental incentives Land claim and local resource management Development of federations selling imported food Insufficient food sovereignty Federal subsidies to food transportation without evaluation of
funding use
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