The traditional diet of the Inuit people of Northern Canada consists primarily of marine foods rich in n-3 fatty acids, a class of polyunsaturated fats that have beneficial effects on cardiovascular ...

Aims: The purpose was to study the composition of the Inuit diet, to assess the adherence to nutritional recommendations among the Inuit in Greenland, and to discuss the potential role of traditional ...

In the Canadian Arctic, food that's shipped in can be costly. People still hunt as their ancestors did — for seal, polar bear and narwhal. In the most northerly Canadian territory of Nunavut, grocery ...

Over three-quarters of adults in Inuit Nunangat face food insecurity, a rate more than six times the Canadian national average. This statistic reflects not only limited access to market food but also ...

Washington, DC - January 4, 2017 - Researchers at the University of Montreal, in Canada, have characterized the gut microbiome of the Canadian Arctic Inuit for the first time. Reporting this week in ...

In her gloved hand, Nicole Norman holds up a small sea creature: a dark, armored and articulated shell glistening with the slick of seawater. She flips it around, revealing vibrant orange flesh on its ...

This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ten years ago, the 1,200 residents of the tiny, mostly Inuit village of Nain, in ...

In the most northerly Canadian territory of Nunavut, grocery shopping is expensive. Like, really expensive. So much so that residents regularly post in a Facebook group called Feeding My Family to ...