Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Publication Title
Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health
Volume
7
Issue
2
First page number:
279
Last page number:
289
Abstract
Objectives: To better understand risks for obesity and diabetes among American Indians.
Methods: Adults from tribes across the country surveyed to explore commodity food use patterns and food choice.
Results: Respondents reported second and third generation commodity food use. Current commodity users stated preferences for canned and packaged meals and were more likely to participate in other federal food programs.
Conclusions: Low-income, nutritionally stressed families relying on federal food programs may be at increased risk of obesity and diet-related chronic conditions due to long-term use of foods that are high in fat and calories and low in fiber.
Keywords
American Indian; Commodity foods; Food habits; Food preference; Indians of North America – Health risk assessment; Indians of North America – Nutrition; Non-insulin-dependent diabetes; Obesity
Disciplines
Community-Based Research | Diseases | Endocrine System Diseases | Medicine and Health | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases | Race and Ethnicity
Language
English
Permissions
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Repository Citation
Chino, M.,
Haff, D. R.,
Dodge Francis, C.
(2009).
Patterns of Commodity Food Use among American Indians.
Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health, 7(2),
279-289.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/env_occ_health_fac_articles/51
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