title: Health Promotion and Diabetes Prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities--Traditional Foods Project, 2008-2014.
abstract: Type 2 diabetes was probably uncommon in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations before the 1940s. During 2010-2012, AI/AN adults were approximately 2.1 times as likely to have diabetes diagnosed as non-Hispanic white adults. Although type 2 diabetes in youth is still uncommon, AI/AN youth (aged 15-19 years) experienced a 68% increase in diagnosed diabetes from 1994 to 2004. Health disparities are related to biological, environmental, sociological, and historical factors. This report highlights observations from the Traditional Foods Project (2008-2014) that illustrate tribally driven solutions, built on traditional ecological knowledge, to reclaim foods systems for health promotion and prevention of chronic illnesses, including diabetes.
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Satterfield
authors.forename: Lemyra
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: DeBruyn
authors.forename: Marjorie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: Melinda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frank
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000413:Alaska; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006293:Health Promotion; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004930:Inuit / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D064890:Social Determinants of Health / Q000208:ethnology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult