Association between socioeconomic status and overweight and obesity among inuit adults: international polar year inuit health survey, 2007-2008

Auteur(s) :
Egeland GM., Zienczuk N.
Date :
Mai, 2012
Source(s) :
INT J CIRCUMPOLAR HEALTH. #71:0 p1-7
Adresse :
School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition and Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE), McGill University, St. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the socio-economic correlates of overweight and obesity among Inuit undergoing rapid cultural changes.

STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional health survey of 2,592 Inuit adults from 36 communities in the Canadian Arctic.

METHODS: Main outcome measures were overweight and obesity (BMI>25 kg/m² and >30 kg/m², respectively) and as characteristics were similar, groups were combined into an at-risk BMI category (BMI>25 kg/m²). Logistic regression was used to determine the association between various sociodemographic characteristics and physical activity with overweight and obesity.

RESULTS: The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 28 and 36%, respectively, with a total prevalence of overweight and obesity of 64%. In analyses of sociodemographic variables adjusted for age, gender and region, higher education, any employment, personal income, and private housing were all significantly positively correlated with an at-risk BMI (p≤0.001). Smoking, Inuit language as primary language spoken at home, and walking were inversely associated with overweight and obesity.

CONCLUSIONS: The current findings highlight the social disparities in overweight and obesity prevalence in an ethnically distinct population undergoing rapid cultural changes.

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