A Scoping Review of Obesity among Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Table 2

Obesity prevalence in provincial studies conducted among First Nations.

#	Provincial studies (year)	Province	Population	Age	Measured height and weight	Self-reported height and weight	(M)	(F)	Year of data collection	Definition of obesity	Obesity prevalence (%)			Reference	Difference compared to CCHS 2007–10
											All	M	F		Non-Indigenous people	First Nations off reserve
A	FNIRHS 1997	Nova Scotia	FN on reserve in 9 communities	18+	0	±523	—	—	1997	BMI ≥ 30	38	33	42	[40]	N/A	N/A
B	FNRHS 2002-03	British Columbia	FN on reserve in 39 communities	18+	0	±712	—	—	2002-03	BMI ≥ 30	32	—	—	[84]	+20	+10
		Alberta	FN on reserve in 9 communities	18+	0	591	—	—	2002-03	BMI ≥ 30	30	—	—	[85]	+12	−8
		Manitoba	FN on reserve in 26 communities	18+	0	±3301	1485	1815	2002-03	BMI ≥ 30	51	42	58	[86]	+31	+10
		Ontario	FN on reserve in 29 communities	18+	0	552	358	322	2002-03	BMI ≥ 30	39	—	—	[87]	+22	+10
		Quebec	FN on reserve in 23 communities	18+	0	±1949	—	—	2002-03	BMI ≥ 30	30	28	33	[88]	+15	+9
		Nova Scotia	FN on reserve in 13 communities	18+	0	±482	235	247	2002-03	BMI ≥ 30	45	40	50	[89]	+22	+23
C	FNRHS 2008–10	British Columbia	FN on reserve in 36 communities	18+	0	±1393	632	761	2008–10	BMI ≥ 30	34	29	40	[90]	+22	+12
		Alberta	FN on reserve in 16 communities	18+	0	±714	361	353	2008–10	BMI ≥ 30	36	—	—	[91]	+18	−2
		Ontario	FN on reserve in 24 communities	18+	0	±1500	654	846	2008–10	BMI ≥ 30	48	47	49	[92]	+31	+19
		Quebec	FN on reserve in 21 communities	18+	0	±1364	—	—	2008–10	BMI ≥ 30	41	—	—	[93]	+26	+20
D	FNFNES	British Columbia	FN on reserve in 21 communities	19+	255	637	372	525	2008-09	BMI ≥ 30	42	44	41	[11]	+30^†	+20^†
		Alberta	FN on reserve in 10 communities	19+	512	48	220	340	2013	BMI ≥ 30	44	37	49	[16]	+26^†	+6^†
		Saskatchewan	FN on reserve in 14 communities	19+	882	87	313	656	2015	BMI ≥ 30	48	40	51	[14]	+27^†	+14^†
		Manitoba	FN on reserve in 9 communities	19+	270	342	215	397	2010	BMI ≥ 30	52	42	58	[12]	+32^†	+11^†
		Ontario	FN on reserve in 18 communities	19+	414	869	504	775	2011-12	BMI ≥ 30	50	45	54	[15]	+33^†	+21^†
		Quebec	FN on reserve in 10 communities	19+	453	62	145	370	2016	BMI ≥ 30	66	66	65	[13]	+51^†	+45^†
		Atlantic Region	FN on reserve in 11 communities in NB, NS, and NL	19+	824	121	344	601	2014	BMI ≥ 30	48	44	50	[15]	+25^†‡	+18^†‡
E	UBC	British Columbia	FN on and off reserve in 22 locations	18–77	759	0	182	577	2007–10	BMI ≥ 30	49	48	49	[83]	+37^†	+27^†
F	NCP	Yukon	FN on reserve in 10 communities	20+	375	0	177	198	1995	BMI ≥ 30	14	10	17	[36]	N/A	N/A

FNIRHS: First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey; FNRHS: First Nations Regional Health Survey; FNFNES: First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study; UBC: University of British Columbia; NCP: Northern Contaminants Program. ±Sample size for respondents who accepted to give height and weight data was not available. Sample size was only available for all study respondents. ^†Reviewers urge caution in the interpretation of differences between studies where the provincial rates of obesity were based, at least in part, on measured height and weight, because the CCHS 2007–10 results to which they are compared were based on self-reported height and weight. ^‡Rates from Atlantic Canada were compared to the CCHS 2007–10 average for NB, NS, PE, and NL.