Table 4.
# | Provincial 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 | Difference compared to CCHS 2007–10 | |||
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A | SQHSIN | Quebec | Inuit in all 14 Nunavik villages | 18–74 | 270 | 0 | — | — | 1992 | BMI ≥ 30 | 19 | 15 | 24 | [105] | N/A | N/A |
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B | NHS | Quebec | Inuit in all 14 Nunavik villages | 18–74 | 925 | 0 | — | — | 2004 | BMI ≥ 30 | 28 | 25 | 31 | [106] | +13† | N/A |
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C | NCP | Nunavut and Northwest Territories | Inuit in 18 communities throughout the Inuit Nunangat (not including Nunavik) | 20+ | 375 | 0 | 289 | 272 | 1998-99 | BMI ≥ 30 | 24 | 18 | 30 | [36] | N/A | N/A |
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D | IPY-IHS | Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Labrador | Inuit in 36 communities throughout the Inuit Nunangat (not including Nunavik) | 18+ | 2178 | 0 | 837 | 1341 | 2007-08 | BMI ≥ 30 | 36 | 26 | 41 | [24] | N/A | N/A |
Labrador | Inuit in 5 communities in Nunatsiavut | 18+ | 260 | 0 | — | — | 2007-08 | BMI ≥ 30 | 41 | — | — | [24] | +15† | +3† | ||
Northwest Territories | Inuit in 6 communities in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region | 18+ | 264 | 0 | — | — | 2007-08 | BMI ≥ 30 | 49 | — | — | [24] | +27† | +13† | ||
Nunavut | Inuit in 25 communities in Nunavut | 18+ | 1654 | 0 | — | — | 2007-08 | BMI ≥ 30 | 33 | — | — | [24] | +2† | +11† |
SQHSIN: Santé Quebec Health Survey among the Inuit of Nunavik; NHS: Nunavik Health Survey Qanuippitaa? How are we? NCP: Northern Contaminants Program; IPY-IHS: International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey. †Reviewers urge caution in the interpretation of differences between studies where the provincial rates of obesity were based, at least in part, on measured height and weight, because the CCHS 2007–10 results to which they are compared were based on self-reported height and weight.