ReviewInternational journal of circumpolar health2013
Raised BMI cut-off for overweight in Greenland Inuit--a review.
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- Bone mineral content among Inuit - a systematic review of data.International journal of circumpolar health · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children in Greenland: a growing concern.International journal of circumpolar health · 2026Article
- Brown Adipose Tissue and Metabolic Markers Differ Between Greenlanders and Danes With Cold Activation.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Article
- Cross-over comparative study of cold-induced brown adipose tissue activity in Greenlandic Inuit and Danes: rationale, design, and methodology.International journal of circumpolar health · 2025Article
- Ethnic differences in CT derived abdominal body composition measures: a comparative retrospect pilot study between European and Inuit study population.International journal of circumpolar health · 2024Article
- Measurements in circumpolar populations: applying a questioning mind.International journal of circumpolar health · 2023Article
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with type 2 diabetes in Greenland: a register-based cross-sectional study.International journal of circumpolar health · 2022Article
- Mortality in Greenlanders with chronic hepatitis B virus infection.Journal of viral hepatitis · 2022Article
- Hip geometry in hip fracture patients in Greenland occurring over a 7.7-year period.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2021Article
- Dietary patterns of adults and their associations with Sami ethnicity, sociodemographic factors, and lifestyle factors in a rural multiethnic population of northern Norway - the SAMINOR 2 clinical survey.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Pregnant Inuit Women's Exposure to Metals and Association with Fetal Growth Outcomes: ACCEPT 2010⁻2015.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Assessment of dysglycemia risk in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut: using the CANRISK tool.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2017Article
- Lifestyle, reproductive factors and food intake in Greenlandic pregnant women: the ACCEPT - sub-study.International journal of circumpolar health · 2015Article
- A national study on weight classes among children in Greenland at school entry.International journal of circumpolar health · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundObesity is associated with increased morbidity and premature death. Obesity rates have increased worldwide and the WHO recommends monitoring. A steep rise in body mass index (BMI), a measure of adiposity, was detected in Greenland from 1963 to 1998. Interestingly, the BMI starting point was in the overweight range. This is not conceivable in a disease-free, physically active, pre-western hunter population.
objectiveThis led us to reconsider the cut-off point for overweight among Inuit in Greenland. DESIGN AND
findingsWe found 3 different approaches to defining the cut-off point of high BMI in Inuit. First, the contribution to the height by the torso compared to the legs is relatively high. This causes relatively more kilograms per centimetre of height that increases the BMI by approximately 10% compared to Caucasian whites. Second, defining the cut-off by the upper 90-percentile of BMI from height and weight in healthy young Inuit surveyed in 1963 estimated the cut-off point to be around 10% higher compared to Caucasians. Third, if similar LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides are assumed for a certain BMI in Caucasians, the corresponding BMI in Inuit in both Greenland and Canada is around 10% higher. However, genetic admixture of Greenland Inuit and Caucasian Danes will influence this difference and hamper a clear distinction with time.
conclusionDefining overweight according to the WHO cut-off of a BMI above 25 kg/m(2) in Greenland Inuit may overestimate the number of individuals with elevated BMI.
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