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. 2013 Nov 4;8(11):e78987. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078987

Table 3. Top ten food groups contributing to vitamin D and calcium intake among traditional food eaters and non-traditional food eatersa for Inuit and Inuvialuit women of child-bearing age in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.

Traditional eaters Non-traditional eaters
Food group %( µg) contribution to vitamin D Food group %( µg) contribution to vitamin D
Dairy products and eggs 30.7 (2.18) Dairy products and eggs 39.1 (1.91)
Traditional sea foods b 20.5 (1.46) Non-nutrient-dense foods c 20.0 (0.98)
Non-nutrient-dense foods c 18.2 (1.29) Beef & pork 12.9 (0.63)
Beef & pork 13.1 (0.93) Traditional sea foods b 11.3 (0.55)
Traditional land foods d 8.24 (0.59) Other foods e 3.6 (0.18)
Traditional sky foods f 3.1 (0.22) Traditional sky foods f 2.6 (0.13)
Poultry 1.4 (0.10) Nontraditional sea foods 2.2 (0.11)
White breads 1.4 (0.10) Poultry 2.1 (0.10)
Potatoes 1.3 (0.09) Potatoes 2.0 (0.10)
Soup 0.8 (0.06) Traditional land foods d 1.7 (0.08)
Total 96.6 (6.87) Total 97.5 (4.75)
Food group %(mg) contribution to calcium Food group %(mg) contribution to calcium
Dairy products and eggs 25.5 (364.1) Dairy products and eggs 34.5 (386.4)
Grain (breads) 24.9 (355.6) Non-nutrient-dense foods c 26.1 (292.3)
Non-nutrient-dense foods c 23.1 (329.9) Grain (breads) 18.2 (203.8)
Grain (noodles) 4.3 (61.4) Other foods e 5.12 (57.3)
Traditional sea foods b 4.0 (57.1) Grain (noodles) 3.1 (34.7)
Traditional land foods d 3.8 (54.3) Beef & pork 2.8 (31.4)
Other foods e 3.0 (42.8) Grain (cereals) 1.5 (16.8)
Beef & pork 2.9 (41.4) Vegetables 1.4 (15.9)
Vegetables 1.6 (22.8) Potatoes 1.3 (14.6)
Fresh fruit 1.5 (21.4) Fresh fruit 1.3 (14.6)
Total 94.5 (1349.5) Total 95.2 (1066.2)
a

Traditional eaters consumed >300 g and non-traditional eaters consumed ≤300 g of traditional foods/day.

b

Includes char, trout, white fish, fish battered or fried, fish eggs, whale fat or oil.

c

Includes sugar, hash browns, fried potato, French fries, salad dressing, pizza, ice cream, cake, pie, sweet donuts, Danish roll, pastries, potato chips, party mix, popcorn, crackers, wheat thins, sesame snacks, pilot biscuits, cookies, candy, chocolate, jelly, butter or margarine, sweetened drink, tang, juice, pop, energy drinks.

d

Includes caribou, muskox, moose (boiled, baked, roast, dried, fried, burger, stir-fried with vegetables), meat organs, polar bear, rabbit or musk rat, caribou fat, Eskimo ice cream, caribou soup, stew, blood soup.

e

Includes artificial sweetener, low fat or light salad dressing, popcorn, nuts, low fat spreads, low fat butter and margarines, peanut butter, unsweetened drinks, fruit juice, pop, diet cola, diet energy drinks.

f

Includes wild birds, duck, ptarmigan, geese, swan and crane.