An Update on Nutrition Survey in Isolated Northern Communities

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An Update on Nutrition Surveys in Isolated Northern Communities

Tables

Abbreviations

LNV	Foods of Little Nutritional Value
NE	Niacin Equivalents
PUFA	Polyunsaturated fatty acids
DA	Recommended Dietary Allowance
RER	Retinol Equivalents
RNI	Recommended Nutrient Intake

g	gram(s)
mcg	microgram(s)
mg	milligram(s)

Mean Energy and Nutrient Intake

Table 1. Mean energy and macronutrient intake and percent RNI

	Year	n	Calories	Carbohydrate g	Protein g
Inuit women 15 to 44
Pond Inlet	1992	116	2180	221	134
% RNI			115		263
Pond Inlet	1993	123	2125	261	106
% RNI			112		208
Pond Inlet	1997	136	2037	199	118
% RNI			107		231
Arctic Bay	1993	74	2199	236	122
% RNI			116		239
Repulse Bay	1992	62	1972	246	106
% RNI			104		208
Repulse Bay	1997	71	1696	190	83
% RNI			89		163
Coral Harbour	1993	78	2286	267	113
% RNI			120		221
Gjoa Haven	1993	121	2763	340	121
% RNI			145		238
Nain	1992	114	2021	230	119
% RNI			106		233

	Year	Fat g	Saturated Fat g	PUFA g	Fibre g
Inuit women 15 to 44
Pond Inlet	1992	83	25.5	10.7	7.3
% RNI
Pond Inlet	1993	72	21.6	11.6	7.9
% RNI
Pond Inlet	1997	83	25.5	10.8	7.2
% RNI
Arctic Bay	1993	84	26.6	12.1	8.2
% RNI
Repulse Bay	1992	61	22.6	8.3	5.6
% RNI
Repulse Bay	1997	66	19.8	9.8	6.0
% RNI
Coral Harbour	1993	86	30.0	11.1	8.2
% RNI
Gjoa Haven	1993	103	30.4	15.2	9.5
% RNI
Nain	1992	65	20.8	9.7	6.7
% RNI

	Year	n	Calories	Carbohydrate g	Protein g
First Nations women 15 to 44
Davis Inlet	1992	57	3375	301	192
% RNI			178		377
Fort Severn	1992	48	2094	233	114
% RNI			110		223
Inuit of Nunavik
Women 18 to 44	1992	156	1869	201	89
% RNI			98		175
Men 18 to 44	1992	134	2310	236	107
% RNI			86		167
Women 45 to 74	1992	78	1681	148	88
% RNI			93		163
Men 45 to 74	1992	57	2413	207	137
% RNI			105		217

	Year	Fat g	Saturated Fat g	PUFA g	Fibre g
First Nations women 15 to 44
Davis Inlet	1992	153	46.8	19.6	11.8
% RNI
Fort Severn	1992	78	28.2	11.4	7.8
% RNI
Inuit of Nunavik
Women 18 to 44	1992	76	22.6	10.1	7.4
% RNI
Men 18 to 44	1992	95	29.5	12.7	7.6
% RNI
Women 45 to 74	1992	79	22.0	9.4	5.3
% RNI
Men 45 to 74	1992	108	29.7	12.8	6.6
% RNI

Table 2. Percent of calories from carbohydrate, protein, total fat, saturated fat and alcohol

Community	Year	Carbohydrate %	Protein %	Fat %	Saturated Fat %	Alcohol %
Inuit women 15 to 44
Pond Inlet	1992	41	25	34	10.5	-
Pond Inlet	1993	49	20	31	9.1	-
Pond Inlet	1997	39	23	37	11.3	1
Arctic Bay	1993	43	22	35	10.9	-
Repulse Bay	1992	50	22	28	10.3	-
Repulse Bay	1997	45	20	35	10.5	-
Coral Harbour	1993	47	20	34	11.8	-
Gjoa Haven	1993	49	18	34	9.9	-
Nain	1992	46	24	29	9.3	1
First Nations women 15 to 44
Davis Inlet	1992	36	23	41	12.5	-
Fort Severn	1992	44	22	33	12.1	-
Inuit of Nunavik
Women 18 to 44	1992	43	19	37	10.9	1
Men 18 to 44	1992	41	19	37	11.5	5
Women 45 to 74	1992	35	21	42	11.8	1
Men 45 to 74	1992	34	23	40	11.1	2

Table 3. Mean vitamin intake and percent RDA/RNI

	Year	n	Vitamin A RE	Vitamin C* mg	Thiamin mg	Riboflavin mg
Inuit women 15 to 44
Pond Inlet	1992	116	697	85	1.45	2.48
% RDA/RNI			87	78	132	226
Pond Inlet	1993	123	504	59	1.42	2.43
% RDA/RNI			63	53	129	221
Pond Inlet	1997	136	659	63	1.31	2.14
% RDA/RNI			82	57	120	194
Arctic Bay	1993	74	646	67	1.45	2.29
% RDA/RNI			81	61	132	209
Repulse Bay	1992	62	208	51	1.21	2.09
% RDA/RNI			26	46	110	190
Repulse Bay	1997	71	441	74	1.15	1.71
% RDA/RNI			55	67	104	155
Coral Harbour	1993	78	507	77	1.56	2.12
% RDA/RNI			63	70	142	193
Gjoa Haven	1993	121	617	163	1.80	2.62
% RDA/RNI			77	148	164	238
Nain	1992	114	390	94	1.39	2.33
% RDA/RNI			49	86	127	212

	Year	Niacin NE	Vitamin B6 mg	folate mcg	Vitamin B12 mcg
Inuit women 15 to 44
Pond Inlet	1992	50.8	1.40	127	14.5
% RDA/RNI		363	108	32	606
Pond Inlet	1993	44.0	1.22	135	12.8
% RDA/RNI		314	94	34	533
Pond Inlet	1997	47.4	1.42	123	12.9
% RDA/RNI		339	109	31	536
Arctic Bay	1993	49.9	1.52	154	13.7
% RDA/RNI		356	117	38	571
Repulse Bay	1992	43.1	1.02	90	10.9
% RDA/RNI		308	78	22	456
Repulse Bay	1997	38.3	1.19	104	10.3
% RDA/RNI		274	92	26	430
Coral Harbour	1993	47.1	1.42	124	12.7
% RDA/RNI		337	109	31	529
Gjoa Haven	1993	51.5	1.65	150	15.6
% RDA/RNI		368	127	37	648
Nain	1992	43.1	1.44	147	13.1
% RDA/RNI		308	111	37	546

	Year	n	Vitamin A RE	Vitamin C* mg	Thiamin mg	Riboflavin mg
First Nations women 15 to 44
Davis Inlet	1992	57	1324	79	2.32	4.15
% RDA/RNI			165	71	211	378
Fort Severn	1992	48	601	78	1.23	2.47
% RDA/RNI			75	71	112	224

	Year	Niacin NE	Vitamin B6 mg	Folate mcg	Vitamin B12 mcg
First Nations women 15 to 44
Davis Inlet	1992	72.5	2.20	223	21.4
% RDA/RNI		518	169	56	893
Fort Severn	1992	32.3	2.57	180	6.1
% RDA/RNI		231	198	45	254

	Year	n	Vitamin A RE	Vitamin C* mg	Thiamin mg	Riboflavin mg
Inuit of Nunavik
Women 18 to 44	1992	156	796	68	1.28	1.74
% RDA/RNI			100	62	116	158
Men 18 to 44	1992	134	778	71	1.58	2.12
% RDA/RNI			78	56	131	163
Women 45 to 74	1992	78	588	29	1.17	1.62
% RDA/RNI			73	27	106	148
Men 45 to 74	1992	57	736	35	1.90	2.55
% RDA/RNI			74	28	158	197

	Year	Niacin NE	Vitamin B6 mg	Folate mcg	Vitamin B12 mcg
Inuit of Nunavik
Women 18 to 44	1992	38.8	1.21	157	12.6
% RDA/RNI		277	93	39	523
Men 18 to 44	1992	45.6	1.51	176	13.4
% RDA/RNI		285	116	44	557
Women 45 to 74	1992	37.4	1.03	122	13.5
% RDA/RNI		267	69	30	562
Men 45 to 74	1992	56.1	1.47	163	16.6
% RDA/RNI		351	86	41	691

RDA is used for all vitamins for which Dietary Reference Intakes have been established. RNI is used for vitamin A.

* RDA includes additional requirement of 35 mg vitamin C for smokers.

	Vitamin A RE	Vitamin C* mg	Thiamin mg	Riboflavin mg
RDA/RNI
Women 18 to 44	800	110	1.10	1.10
Men 18 to 44	1000	125	1.20	1.30
Women 45 to 74	800	110	1.10	1.10
Men 45 to 74	1000	125	1.20	1.30

	Niacin NE	Vitamin B6 mg	Folate mcg	Vitamin B12 mcg
RDA/RNI
Women 18 to 44	14.0	1.30	400	2.4
Men 18 to 44	16.0	1.30	400	2.4
Women 45 to 74	14.0	1.50	400	2.4
Men 45 to 74	16.0	1.70	400	2.4

Table 4. Mean intake of selected micronutrients and percent RDA/RNI

	n	Calcium mg	Iron mg	Zinc mg	Magnesium mg	Phosphorus mg
Inuit women 15 to 44
Pond Inlet 1992	116	479	27.7	16.9	230	1385
% RDA/RNI		48	213	188	74	198
Pond Inlet 1993	123	471	28.1	15.1	225	1231
% RDA/RNI		47	216	168	73	176
Pond Inlet 1997	136	402	22.3	14.4	211	1271
% RDA/RNI		40	172	160	68	182
Arctic Bay 1993	74	517	23.2	13.6	231	1405
% RDA/RNI		52	179	152	75	201
Repulse Bay 1992	62	382	23.6	16.3	243	1148
% RDA/RNI		38	181	181	78	164
Repulse Bay 1997	71	404	12.9	9.8	180	1041
% RDA/RNI		40	99	109	58	149
Coral Harbour 1993	78	539	20.2	13.1	259	1379
% RDA/RNI		54	156	145	84	197
Gjoa Haven 1993	121	767	18.8	14.0	260	1592
% RDA/RNI		77	144	155	84	227
Nain 1992	114	402	23.1	15.2	226	1323
% RDA/RNI		40	177	169	73	189

	Potassium mg	Sodium mg	Cholesterol mg	Caffeine mg
Inuit women 15 to 44
Pond Inlet 1992	2098	2522	418	325
% RDA/RNI
Pond Inlet 1993	2128	2318	310	416
% RDA/RNI
Pond Inlet 1997	2042	2432	356	281
% RDA/RNI
Arctic Bay 1993	2202	2272	388	284
% RDA/RNI
Repulse Bay 1992	2025	2341	291	769
% RDA/RNI
Repulse Bay 1997	1952	2093	291	242
% RDA/RNI
Coral Harbour 1993	2510	2515	331	614
% RDA/RNI
Gjoa Haven 1993	2903	3057	389	331
% RDA/RNI
Nain 1992	2203	2796	374	264
% RDA/RNI

	n	Calcium mg	Iron mg	Zinc mg	Magnesium mg	Phosphorus mg
First Nations women 15 to 44
Davis Inlet 1992	57	628	30.7	26.1	313	1967
% RDA/RNI		63	236	290	101	281
Fort Severn 1992	48	777	21.8	13.9	266	1566
% RDA/RNI		78	168	155	86	224

	Potassium mg	Sodium mg	Cholesterol mg	Caffeine mg
First Nations women 15 to 44
Davis Inlet 1992	3392	4391	847	212
% RDA/RNI
Fort Severn 1992	3027	2512	422	331
% RDA/RNI

	n	Calcium mg	Iron mg	Zinc mg	Magnesium mg	Phosphorus mg
Inuit of Nunavik 1992
Women 18 to 44	156	36	292	8.9	196	1097
% RDA/RNI		393	15.9	99	63	157
Men 18 to 44	134	39	123	11.3	238	1338
% RDA/RNI		536	17.8	94	60	191
Women 45 to 74	78	54	197	10.2	170	1026
% RDA/RNI		334	17.4	113	53	147
Men 45 to 74	57	28	217	11.3	231	1587
% RDA/RNI		430	26.3	94	55	227

	Potassium mg	Sodium mg	Cholesterol mg	Caffeine mg
Inuit of Nunavik 1992
Women 18 to 44	2114	2117	321	300
% RDA/RNI
Men 18 to 44	2537	2608	391	317
% RDA/RNI
Women 45 to 74	1631	1697	294	286
% RDA/RNI
Men 45 to 74	2205	2883	400	339
% RDA/RNI

RDA is used for all minerals for which Dietary Reference Intakes have been established. RNI is used for iron and zinc.

	Calcium mg	Iron mg	Zinc mg	Magnesium mg	Phosphorus mg
RDA/RNI
Women 18 to 44	1000	13	9	310	700
Men 18 to 44	1000	9	12	400	700
Women 45 to 74	1200	8	9	320	700
Men 45 to 74	1200	9	12	420	700

Table 5. Mean energy and nutrient intake by Food Mail category: Inuit and First Nations women 15 to 44

Energy and Nutrients/ Food Mail Category	Pond Inlet 1992	Pond Inlet 1993	Pond Inlet 1997	Arctic Bay 1993	Repulse Bay 1992
Energy (Calories)
Nutritious Perishable	505	326	523	599	355
Non-perishable	649	865	449	625	819
LNV	353	451	391	419	426
Country	588	411	534	435	352
Convenience Perishable	86	71	139	121	20
Total	2180	2125	2037	2199	1972

Energy and Nutrients/ Food Mail Category	Repulse Bay 1997	Coral Harbour 1993	Gjoa Haven 1993	Nain 1992	Davis Inlet 1992	Fort Severn 1992
Energy (Calories)
Nutritious Perishable	426	589	528	519	1310	665
Non-perishable	491	650	974	597	1148	702
LNV	439	543	706	412	313	257
Country	264	419	462	396	564	448
Convenience Perishable	77	86	93	97	40	23
Total	1696	2286	2763	2021	3375	2094

Energy and Nutrients/ Food Mail Category	Pond Inlet 1992	Pond Inlet 1993	Pond Inlet 1997	Arctic Bay 1993	Repulse Bay 1992
Carbohydrate (g)
Nutritious Perishable	43	30	50	42	26
Non-perishable	114	150	78	108	151
LNV	62	78	67	80	69
Country	-	-	-	-	-
Convenience Perishable	2	3	4	5	1
Total	221	261	199	236	246

Energy and Nutrients/ Food Mail Category	Repulse Bay 1997	Coral Harbour 1993	Gjoa Haven 1993	Nain 1992	Davis Inlet 1992	Fort Severn 1992
Carbohydrate (g)
Nutritious Perishable	34	47	47	47	75	68
Non-perishable	84	116	175	109	178	120
LNV	70	102	115	70	47	43
Country	-	-	-	-	-	-
Convenience Perishable	2	3	4	5	1	1
Total	190	267	340	230	301	233

Energy and Nutrients/ Food Mail Category	Pond Inlet 1992	Pond Inlet 1993	Pond Inlet 1997	Arctic Bay 1993	Repulse Bay 1992
Protein (g)
Nutritious Perishable	28	17	25	36	20
Non-perishable	14	18	12	15	16
LNV	3	4	4	3	6
Country	80	61	65	58	63
Convenience Perishable	9	6	12	10	2
Total	134	106	118	122	106

Energy and Nutrients/ Food Mail Category	Repulse Bay 1997	Coral Harbour 1993	Gjoa Haven 1993	Nain 1992	Davis Inlet 1992	Fort Severn 1992
Protein (g)
Nutritious Perishable	24	29	25	26	64	33
Non-perishable	12	15	15	20	28	19
LNV	5	4	4	7	4	4
Country	35	56	67	62	92	56
Convenience Perishable	7	8	7	8	4	2
Total	83	113	119	121	192	114

Energy and Nutrients/ Food Mail Category	Pond Inlet 1992	Pond Inlet 1993	Pond Inlet 1997	Arctic Bay 1993	Repulse Bay 1992
Fat (g)
Nutritious Perishable	24	16	25	32	19
Non-perishable	16	22	10	15	17
LNV	11	14	11	10	15
Country	27	17	28	21	9
Convenience Perishable	5	4	8	6	1
Total	83	72	83	84	61

Energy and Nutrients/ Food Mail Category	Repulse Bay 1997	Coral Harbour 1993	Gjoa Haven 1993	Nain 1992	Davis Inlet 1992	Fort Severn 1992
Fat (g)
Nutritious Perishable	21	32	27	25	83	29
Non-perishable	12	15	22	11	36	17
LNV	15	14	25	11	13	8
Country	13	20	25	12	19	23
Convenience Perishable	4	5	5	5	2	1
Total	66	86	103	65	153	78

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