ArticlePublic health nutrition2017
Declines in traditional marine food intake and vitamin D levels from the 1960s to present in young Alaska Native women.
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- Obesity-Associated Dyslipidemia Is Moderated by Habitual Intake of Marine-Derived n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Yup'ik Alaska Native People: A Cross-Sectional Mediation-Moderation Analysis.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
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- Dietary Fat and Fatty Acid Intake in Nulliparous Women: Associations with Preterm Birth and Distinctions by Maternal BMI.Current developments in nutrition · 2021Article
- Inuit Country Food and Health during Pregnancy and Early Childhood in the Circumpolar North: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- One health in the circumpolar North.International journal of circumpolar health · 2019Article
- Alaska Native Traditional Food and Harvesting Activity Patterns over 10 Years of Follow-Up.Current developments in nutrition · 2019Article
- Using carbon and nitrogen stable isotope modelling to assess dietary mercury exposure for pregnant women in Baja California Sur, Mexico.Chemosphere · 2019Article
- The Nitrogen Isotope Ratio Is a Biomarker of Yup'ik Traditional Food Intake and Reflects Dietary Seasonality in Segmental Hair Analyses.The Journal of nutrition · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo measure the trends in traditional marine food intake and serum vitamin D levels in Alaska Native women of childbearing age (20-29 years old) from the 1960s to the present.
designWe measured a biomarker of traditional food intake, the δ15N value, and vitamin D level, as 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25(OH)D3) concentration, in 100 serum samples from 20-29-year-old women archived in the Alaska Area Specimen Bank, selecting twenty-five per decade from the 1960s to the 1990s. We compared these with measurements of red-blood-cell δ15N values and serum 25(OH)D3 concentrations from 20-29-year-old women from the same region collected during the 2000s and 2010s in a Center for Alaska Native Health Research study.
settingThe Yukon Kuskokwim Delta region of south-west Alaska. SUBJECTS: Alaska Native women (n 319) aged 20-29 years at the time of specimen collection.
resultsIntake of traditional marine foods, as measured by serum δ15N values, decreased significantly each decade from the 1960s through the 1990s, then remained constant from the 1990s through the present (F 5,306=77·4, P<0·0001). Serum vitamin D concentrations also decreased from the 1960s to the present (F 4,162=26·1, P<0·0001).
conclusionsConsumption of traditional marine foods by young Alaska Native women dropped significantly between the 1960s and the 1990s and was associated with a significant decline in serum vitamin D concentrations. Studies are needed to evaluate the promotion of traditional marine foods and routine vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy for this population.
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