Table 3.

Obesity prevalence in local^£ studies conducted among First Nations.

#	Local studies (year)	Province	Population	Age	Measured height and weight	Self-reported height and weight	n (M)	n (F)	Year of data collection	Definition of obesity	Obesity prevalence (%)			Reference
											All	M	F
1	NFNPH	British Columbia	Nuxalk Nation of Bella Coola	20+	166	0	84	82	1983	BMI ≥ 30	27	23	31	[96]
2	—	British Columbia	FN in 7 Gitxsan villages in Northwestern BC	18+	393	0	185	208	2006	BMI ≥ 30	45	—	—	[97]
3	FNLHP	Saskatchewan	FN in 2 communities	17–85	0	874	428	446	2012-13	BMI ≥ 30	38	—	—	[98]
4	FNBHS	Manitoba	Urban FN women near Winnipeg	25–75	206	0	0	206	2002–04	BMI ≥ 30	—	—	48	[99]
5	NICDS and SLHDP	Manitoba and Ontario	Oji Cree from 7 communities in Northern Ontario and Manitoba	18+	1180	0	519	661	1986-87	BMI ≥ 30	36	—	—	[100]
6	SLHDP	Ontario	Sandy Lake FN	20+	548	0	210	275	1993–95	BMI ≥ 30	36	30	41	[39]
7	ZATPD	Ontario	Ojibway/Oji Cree from 9 communities in Northern-Western Ontario	18+	121	8	43	78	2005	BMI ≥ 30	48	—	—	[101]
8	—	Ontario	Wapekeka and Kasabonika FN	19+	72	0	31	41	2007	BMI ≥ 30	65	61	68	[102]
9	—	Quebec	Algonquin from River Desert and Lac Simon	15+	621	0	267	354	1989	BMI ≥ 30	29	21	34	[103]
10	CHS	Quebec	Cree (Eeyou Istchee) in 9 Eastern James Bay communities	18–74	943	0	—	—	1991	BMI ≥ 30	48	38	57	[104]
11	MCEHSII	Quebec	Cree (Eeyou Istchee) in 7 Eastern James Bay communities	19+	803	0	210	365	2005, 2007–09	BMI ≥ 30	73	64	77	[37]

^£Local Studies had samples that were representative of all First Nations in one or more communities without being representative of a whole province or territory. NFNPH: Nuxalk Food and Nutrition Program for Health; FNLHP: First Nations Lung Health Project; FNBHS: First Nations Bone Health Study; NICDS: Northern Indians Chronic Disease Study; SLHDP: Sandy Lake Health and Diabetes Project; ZATPD: Zhiiwaapenewin Akino'maagewin: Teaching to Prevent Diabetes; ⁷MCEHSII: Nituuchischaayihtitaau: Multi-Community Environment and Health Study in Iiyiyiu Istchee.