Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of traditional food eaters and non-traditional food eaters^a among Inuit and Inuvialuit women of child-bearing age (19-44 years) in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.

<p>BMI, body mass index; HS, high school; NTFE, non-traditional food eaters; SD, standard deviation; TFE, traditional food eaters.</p>a<p>Traditional eaters consumed >300 g and non-traditional eaters consumed ≤300 g of traditional foods/day.</p>b<p>A Student t-test was performed.</p>c<p>Numbers do not add up to the total <i>n</i> as a result of missing responses (BMI, n = 42; smoking status, n = 5; MSL score, n = 22; marital status, n = 7; educational level, n = 5).</p>d<p>A Chi-square test was performed.</p>e<p>14 women from TFE and 28 women from NTFE refused to be measured for height and weight and also did not self report.</p>f<p>Material Style of Life score was considered a proxy for socioeconomic status.</p

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

a<p>Traditional eaters consumed >300 g and non-traditional eaters consumed ≤300 g of traditional foods/day.</p>b<p>Includes char, trout, white fish, fish battered or fried, fish eggs, whale fat or oil.</p>c<p>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.</p>d<p>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.</p>e<p>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.</p>f<p>Includes wild birds, duck, ptarmigan, geese, swan and crane.</p