Journal article
A Comparison of the Metabolic Response to Abdominal Obesity in Two Canadian Inuit and First Nations Population
Abstract
Inuit and Cree populations are known for high obesity rates despite markedly different rates of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). To document this apparent discrepancy we evaluated the impact of body size parameters and fasting insulin (FI) on several T2DM risk factors among Inuit and Cree populations (Québec, Canada). A total of 1,104 adults (≥18 years) Inuit and Cree individuals participated in a cross-sectional investigation. Interestingly, across …
Authors
Chateau‐Degat M; Dannenbaum DA; Egeland GM; Nieboer E; Laouan‐Sidi EA; Abdous B; Dewailly É
Journal
Obesity, Vol. 19, No. 11, pp. 2254–2260
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
11 2011
DOI
10.1038/oby.2011.77
ISSN
1930-7381