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. 2019 Jun 3;2019:9741090. doi: 10.1155/2019/9741090

Table 5.

Obesity prevalence in local£ studies conducted in Inuit populations.

# 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 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.