Dietary nutrients and anthropometry of Dene/Métis and Yukon children.
OBJECTIVE
To describe nutrient intakes and anthropometry of 10-12-year-old Dene/Métis and Yukon children in the Canadian Arctic.


METHODS
24 h-recall interviews (n = 222 interviews) were conducted on Canadian Dene/Métis and Yukon children in five communities during two seasons in 2000-2001; the children were measured for height and weight (n = 216).


METHODS
Assessment of nutrient adequacy used Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) including cut-point procedures. Anthropometric measurements (height and weight) were assessed and body mass index (BMI) was compared to the 2000 CDC Growth Charts.


RESULTS
Thirty-two percent of the children were above the 85th percentile of BMI-for-age. More than 50 percent of children were below the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) for vitamins A and E, phosphorus and magnesium; mean intakes were below the Adequate Intake (AI) for vitamin D, calcium, dietary fiber, omega-6 fatty acids, and omega-3 fatty acids. Nutrients that were probably adequate for some gender/season groups were protein, carbohydrate, iron, copper, selenium, zinc, manganese, riboflavin and vitamins B6 and C.


CONCLUSIONS
Excessive prevalence of overweight and inadequacy of some nutrients were observed among Dene/Métis and Yukon children, suggesting a necessity for dietary improvement. However, many nutrients were adequate, in some cases probably due to continued traditional food use.
Nakano
Tomoko
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Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE), and School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Quebec, Canada.
Fediuk
Karen
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Kassi
Norma
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Egeland
Grace M
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Kuhnlein
Harriet V
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D000886:Anthropometry; D001110:Arctic Regions; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000208:ethnology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D015930:Diet Records; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008297:Male; D018977:Micronutrients; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009752:Nutritional Status; D014131:Trace Elements; D014815:Vitamins; D015874:Yukon Territory
D018977:Micronutrients; D014131:Trace Elements; D014815:Vitamins