Obesity studies in the circumpolar Inuit: a scoping review

Figures & data

Fig. 1.  Flow chart describing study selection process.

Table I. Studies of adult circumpolar Inuit included in the review by country of study, sample size, participants, study design and anthropometric measures/indices

Author(s) and year	Country	Participants	n	Study design	Anthropometric measures/indices
Carter et al. 2006 29	Canada	Adults 18+years	1,056	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC
Charbonneau-Roberts et al. 2007 30	Canada	Adults 19–77 years	45	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC, % body fat
Chateau-Degat et al. 2008 31	Canada	Adults 18–74 years	2,613	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC, WHR
Chateau-Degat et al. 2010 32	Canada	Adults 18+years	887	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC
Chateau-Degat et al. 2010 33	Canada	Adults 18–74 years	832	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC, WHR, % body fat
Counil et al. 2009 34	Canada	Adults 18+years	795	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC
Dewailly et al. 2007 11	Canada	Adults 18–74 years	925	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC, WHR
Hopping et al. 2010 35	Canada	Adults 19–89 years	218	Cross-sectional	BMI
Lawn and Harvey 2001 36	Canada	Adults 18–44 years	178	Cross-sectional	BMI
Liu et al. 2006 37	Canada	Adults 18+years	238	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC
Nolin et al. 2007 38	Canada	Adults 18–74 years	925	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC
Young 1996 28	Canada	Adults 18–74 years	434	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC, WHR, skinfold thicknesses
Bjerregaard et al. 2002 39	Greenland	Adults 18+years	2,046	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC, WHR
Bjerregaard et al. 2007 40	Greenland	Adults 25+years	1,542	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC
Bjerregaard et al. 2010 41	Greenland	Adults 18–95 years	2,302	Cross-sectional	BMI
Jørgensen 2004 42	Greenland	Adults 30–60 years	917	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC, WHR
Jørgensen et al. 2002 43	Greenland	Adults 35 + years	917	Cross-sectional	BMI, WHR
Jørgensen et al. 2003 44	Greenland	Adults 30–60 years	7,892	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC, WHR
Jørgensen et al. 2004 45	Greenland	Adults 35 + years	917	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC, WHR
Jørgensen et al. 2006 46	Greenland	Adults 35–86 years	2,311	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC, WHR
Jørgensen et al. 2006 47	Greenland	Adults 35–86 years	917	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC, WHR
Ebbesson et al. 1998 48	USA	Adults 25+years	454	Cross-sectional	BMI
Ebbesson et al. 2005 12	USA	Adults 25–91 years	454	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC, WHR, % body fat, skinfold thicknesses
Ebbesson et al. 2010 49	USA	Adults 34–75 years	625	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC, % body fat
Mohatt et al. 2007 50	USA	Adults 18+years	753	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC, % body fat
Murphy et al. 1992 51	USA	Adults 40+years	616	Cross-sectional	BMI
Murphy et al. 1995 52	USA	Adults 20+years	1,124	Cross-sectional	BMI
Risica et al. 2000 53	USA	Adults 25+years	454	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC, WHR, % body fat
Risica et al. 2000 54	USA	Adults 25+years	454	Cross-sectional	BMI
Tejero et al. 2010 55	USA	Adults 18+years	1,214	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC, WHR, % body fat, skinfold thicknesses
Bjerregaard et al. 2003 56	Canada, Greenland and USA	Adults 25+years	2,509	Cross-sectional	BMI, WHR
Young et al. 2007 57	Canada, Greenland and USA	Adults 18+years	2,545	Cross-sectional	BMI, WC, WHR

Table II. Studies of circumpolar Inuit children included in the review by country of study, participants, study design and anthropometric indices

Author(s) and year	Country	Participants	n	Study design	Anthropometric index	Reference
Egeland et al. 2010 58	Canada	Children 3–5 years	388	Cross-sectional	BMI	IOTF
Galloway et al. 2010 59	Canada	Children 3–5 years	376	Cross-sectional	BMI	CDC
Johnson-Down and Egeland 2010 60	Canada	Children 3–5 years	388	Cross-sectional	BMI	IOTF
Niclasen et al. 2007 61	Greenland	Children 5–7 and 13–17 years	4,213	Retrospective cohort	BMI	IOTF
Schnohr et al. 2005 62	Greenland	Children 2–15 years	3,094	Retrospective cohort	BMI	IOTF
Schnohr et al. 2008 63	Greenland	Children 5–7 years	2,801	Retrospective cohort	BMI	IOTF

Table III. Prevalence (%) of obesity and abdominal obesity among Inuit adults by sex and country of study

		Prevalence (%) of obesity^a		Prevalence (%) of abdominal obesity^b
Author(s) and year	Country	Males	Females	Males	Females
Hopping et al. 2010 35	Canada	34	46	–	–
Charbonneau-Roberts et al. 2007 30	Canada	27	68	36	86
Chateau-Degat et al. 2010 32	Canada	22	22	15	50
Nolin et al. 2007 38	Canada	29	30	21	55
Dewailly et al. 2007 11	Canada	26	31	10	71
Liu et al. 2006 37	Canada	–	–	11	43
Bjerregaard et al. 2002 39	Greenland	16	22	–	–
Bjerregaard et al. 2010 9	Greenland	19	25	–	–
Jørgensen 2004 42	Greenland	18	25	16	58
Jørgensen et al. 2003 44	Greenland	18	25	16	58
Jørgensen et al. 2004 45	Greenland	30	32	19	51
Jørgensen et al. 2006 46	Greenland	16	22	67^c	66^c
Tejero et al. 2010 55	USA	21	39	37^c	70^c

^aObesity classified using WHO cutoff of BMI≥30.

^bWC>102 cm for males and WC>88 cm for females, unless otherwise noted.

^cWC>94 cm for males and WC>80 cm for females.

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