Table 5.
# | 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 | ||
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All | M | F | ||||||||||||
1 | HFN | Northwest Territories | Inuit in 3 remote communities of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region including Inuvik | 19–84 | 143 | 53 | 48 | 148 | 2008 | BMI ≥ 30 | 44 | 40 | 46 | [107] |
2 | KHAS | Nunavut | Inuit in 8 communities in the Keewatin region | 18+ | 238 | 0 | 105 | 133 | 1990-91 | BMI ≥ 30 | 29 | — | — | [100] |
3 | — | Nunavut | Inuit in a Baffin community | 18+ | 48 | 0 | 11 | 37 | 2005 | BMI ≥ 30 | 58 | 27 | 68 | [108] |
4 | HFN | Nunavut | Inuit in 3 communities including Cambridge Bay | 19–89 | 211 | 7 | 38 | 180 | 2008 | BMI ≥ 30 | 44 | 34 | 46 | [109] |
5 | — | Nunavut | Inuit of Repulse Bay | 18+ | 165 | 0 | 74 | 91 | ≥2008 | BMI ≥ 30 | 37 | — | — | [110] |
£Local Studies had samples that were representative of all Indigenous people in one or more communities without being representative of a whole province or territory. HFN: Healthy Foods North; KHAS: Keewatin Health Assessment Study. ≥2008: Year of data collection is not specified in this publication; however, the authors refer the Inuit Health Study as a previous study, thus implying that data collection took place after 2008.