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标题：Obesity in the Inuit - Adipose tissue and ischaemic heart desease
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作者：Paul Trayhurn
期刊名称：International Journal of Circumpolar Health
印刷版ISSN：1239-9736
电子版ISSN：2242-3982
出版年度：2009
卷号：68
期号：5
DOI：10.3402/ijch.v68i5.17601
语种：English
摘要：Obesity is a major, and growing, health problemin many regions of the world. It is not, however,obesity per se that matters from a health perspective,but rather the diseases which are associatedwith it. These include type 2 diabetes, heartdisease and certain cancers. Obesity is a concernin the Inuit, as in many other groups, and datafrom the International Obesity Task Force haveindicated that Inuit men are in the top half ofnearly 80 countries and territories in the extentof overweight and obesity (1). The position isworse for Inuit women in that they rank on thesemeasures in the top quintile of over 100 countries/territories (1) .International Journal of Circumpolar Health 68:5 2009