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标题：Solving the puzzle: lifestyle related disease in the north
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作者：David C. Robbins
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：2003
卷号：62
期号：4
DOI：10.3402/ijch.v62i4.17572
语种：English
摘要：This issue of the International Journal of Circumpolar Health contains four important articles on the health of the Native peoples of the North. These crosssectional studies form the essential foundation for planning interventions and the rationale design of public health policy. Two reviews focus on Alaska Natives, one on the Greenland Inuit and another on Kivalliq Inuit of Northern Canada. These separate populations have common, escalating burdens of degenerative chronic disease. Rising rates of diabetes, increased prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease are associated with dynamic and dramatic transformations in the traditional diet, activities of daily living, and the cleanliness of the arctic waters, land and air.(Int J Circumpolar Health 2003; 62(4):315-317)