Communication about health and the risk effect of eating traditional food.
Like other populations, the Arctic population has to deal with the fact that specialized information made available to them through environmental and medical research is often difficult to grasp. Not only are the data complicated, they are also often misconstrued through media distortion. Communication is more than just information. Experience with communication gained during a 1990s international autopsy study in Greenland will be presented. The study looked at the possible protective effect against atherosclerosis due to the special fatty acid composition in the traditional food and also the effect of exposure of the local people to heavy metal and organochlorine. "When I eat traditional food, I know who I am" (Inuk).
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Primary Health Care Clinic, Nuuk, Greenland.
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D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001344:Autopsy; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D003142:Communication; D003469:Culture; D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000032:analysis*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D006116:Greenland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D004041:Dietary Fats; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides; D008628:Mercury