A Scoping Review of Obesity among Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Table 5

Obesity prevalence in local^£ studies conducted in Inuit populations.

#	Local 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
											All	M	F
1	HFN	Northwest Territories	Inuit in 3 remote communities of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region including Inuvik	19–84	143	53	48	148	2008	BMI ≥ 30	44	40	46	[107]
2	KHAS	Nunavut	Inuit in 8 communities in the Keewatin region	18+	238	0	105	133	1990-91	BMI ≥ 30	29	—	—	[100]
3	—	Nunavut	Inuit in a Baffin community	18+	48	0	11	37	2005	BMI ≥ 30	58	27	68	[108]
4	HFN	Nunavut	Inuit in 3 communities including Cambridge Bay	19–89	211	7	38	180	2008	BMI ≥ 30	44	34	46	[109]
5	—	Nunavut	Inuit of Repulse Bay	18+	165	0	74	91	≥2008	BMI ≥ 30	37	—	—	[110]

^£Local Studies had samples that were representative of all Indigenous people in one or more communities without being representative of a whole province or territory. HFN: Healthy Foods North; KHAS: Keewatin Health Assessment Study. ≥2008: Year of data collection is not specified in this publication; however, the authors refer the Inuit Health Study as a previous study, thus implying that data collection took place after 2008.