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- Title
Implications of the nutrition transition for vitamin D intake and status in Aboriginal groups in the Canadian Arctic.
- Authors
El Hayek Fares, Jessy; Weiler, Hope A.
- Abstract
Aboriginal Canadians have low intakes of vitamin D and are shifting away from consumption of traditional foods. Higher body mass index, skin pigmentation, and geographic latitude of residence further predispose Canadian Aboriginal populations to low vitamin D status. Low vitamin D status could compromise bone health and other health outcomes. Studies assessing vitamin D status of different Aboriginal groups are limited. The aim of this review is to examine the literature on vitamin D status and intakes of Canadian Aboriginal populations living in the Arctic. PubMed was searched for relevant articles published from 1983 to 2013. The prevalence of 25-hydroxy vitamin D deficiency ranged from 13.9% to 76.0% among children and adults in the summer. Furthermore, mean vitamin D intakes among all age groups were below the estimated average requirement. As vitamin D deficiency has been recently associated with chronic diseases, and Aboriginal populations living in the Arctic are at high risk for low vitamin D status, their vitamin D status should be assessed regularly across seasons.
- Subjects
CANADA; CHRONIC disease risk factors; VITAMIN D metabolism; ABORIGINAL Canadians; ENRICHED foods; AGE distribution; BODY composition; CLOTHING &; dress; DIETARY supplements; FISHES; FOOD supply; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL transition; MARINE animals; MEDLINE; MILK; NUTRITIONAL assessment; NUTRITION policy; NUTRITIONAL requirements; ONLINE information services; POPULATION geography; SEASONS; SUNSHINE; ULTRAVIOLET radiation; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D deficiency; SYSTEMATIC reviews; EVIDENCE-based medicine; PROFESSIONAL practice; HEALTH of indigenous peoples; BONE density; LIFESTYLES; NUTRITIONAL status; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Nutrition Reviews, 2016, Vol 74, Issue 9, p571
- ISSN
0029-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/nutrit/nuw020