Aboriginal women 19-30 the most overweight group
The 2004 study, focusing on Ontario and the western provinces, found that the main difference was due to higher obesity rates among aboriginal women aged 19 to 30. Rates for being overweight or obese among aboriginal and non-aboriginal men were statistically similar.
Off-reserve aboriginal people are more likely to suffer from health problems such as diabetes, hypertension and arthritis—all conditions that have been linked to obesity, Statistics Canada noted.
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Writerfella here --
What all such studies ignore is that Native Americans suffered the loss of their original diets, as well as their original lifestyles, after the invasion and conquest by EuroMen. In less than 200 years, Native diets were switched to foods that they never had experienced before. That Natives continued to consume foodstuffs in the same patterns as they ate theretofore means that the new foods no longer served them as well. Obviously, then, diseases related to nutrition were theirs to inherit. Genocide at times can be inherent rather than overt...
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Russ Bates
'writerfella'
The passenger pigeon comes to mind. It had to have been a good part of certain Native diets.
The study I cited didn't ignore anything. It compared Indians on and off the rez, not Indians before and after Columbus. If the loss of original diets was a factor, it would've affected Indians equally no matter where they lived.
Writerfella here --
Precisely stated, Rob! Once in a while, you do hit it!
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Russ Bates
'writerfella'
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