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Article: High percentage of Aboriginal women considered obese.(news)
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- February 1, 2008
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Poor food choices and snacking between meals are the main reasons why young Aboriginal women are more likely to become overweight than compared to their non-Aboriginal counterparts.
Statistics Canada recently released a report citing two-thirds, or 67 per cent, of Aboriginal women in a study group were considered overweight compared to 55 per cent of non-Aboriginal women. Among those who were overweight, 41 per cent were deemed obese compared to 18 per cent of non-Aboriginal women.
The study, using data from the 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey, compared Aboriginals living off-reserve with the non-Aboriginal population in Ontario and the western ...