Dietary habits, metabolic health and vitamin D status in Greenlandic children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the dietary habits of children living in northern villages and in the capital of Greenland, given the reported transition from traditional to westernised diet in adults over recent decades, and to explore the association between consumption of marine mammals and fish (MMF) and the children's metabolic profile and vitamin D status.

Design

Children answered an FFQ encompassing sixty-four individual food types pooled into six food categories. Their pubertal stage, body fat, fitness level, metabolic profile (non-HDL-cholesterol, glycated Hb, insulin, glucose, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein) as well as serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration were evaluated.

Setting

Siorapaluk and Qaanaaq (north of Greenland) and Nuuk (west).

Participa

SUBMITTER: Courraud J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200594 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature