A Scoping Review of Obesity among Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Table 1

Obesity estimates in Canadian adult (>18 years) Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations based on aggregate, age-standardized, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) data from 2007 to 2010 (Statistics Canada’s Table 13-10-0099-01) [44].

Province	Sex	% obesity(reported)
		First Nations (off reserve)	Métis	Inuit	Non-Indigenous people
Canada	Both sexes	28	24	28	16
	Male	29	25	30	18
	Female	27	23	26	15
British Columbia (BC)	Both sexes	22	15	F	12
	Male	25	17^E	F	14
	Female	19^E	12^E	F	10
Alberta (AB)	Both sexes	38	30	F	18
	Male	41	29	F	19
	Female	37	30	F	16
Saskatchewan (SK)	Both sexes	34	24	F	21
	Male	36	26	F	23
	Female	33	22	F	19
Manitoba (MB)	Both sexes	41	30	F	20
	Male	33^E	32	F	20
	Female	42	29	F	19
Ontario (ON)	Both sexes	29	23	F	17
	Male	33	24	F	18
	Female	25	23^E	F	15
Quebec (QC)	Both sexes	21^E	20	F	15
	Male	24^E	20^E	F	16
	Female	19^E	22^E	F	14
New Brunswick (NB)	Both sexes	28^E	32^E	F	24
	Male	F	F	F	25
	Female	43^E	F	F	24
Nova Scotia (NS)	Both sexes	22^E	23^E	F	23
	Male	F	25^E	F	23
	Female	27^E	21^E	F	23
Prince Edward Island (PE)	Both sexes	42^E	F	F	21
	Male	F	F	F	22
	Female	F	F	F	21
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL)	Both sexes	28	21^E	38	26
	Male	26^E	28^E	44^E	28
	Female	30^E	F	F	23
Yukon (YK)	Both sexes	23	24^E	F	19
	Male	20^E	F	F	20
	Female	25^E	F	F	18
Northwest Territories (NT)	Both sexes	21	31	36^E	22
	Male	16^E	42^E	F	24
	Female	26	20^E	44	20
Nunavut (NU)	Both sexes	F	F	22	31
	Male	F	F	24	26
	Female	F	F	20	39^E

^EHealth Canada urges to “use with caution.” F: Health Canada states that data are “too unreliable to publish.”