Human obesity and Arctic adaptation: epidemiological patterns, metabolic effects and evolutionary implications

Human obesity and Arctic adaptation: epidemiological patterns, metabolic effects and evolutionary implications

<p>The objective of this dissertation is to investigate the occurrence, determinants and consequences of obesity among the Inuit people in the central Canadian Arctic, based on the Keewatin Health Assessment Study (KHAS), conducted during 1990/91 in 8 Inuit communities in the Northwest Territo...

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Autor principal:	Young, T
Altres autors:	Harrison, G
Format:	Thesis
Idioma:	English
Publicat:	1994
Matèries:	Anthropology Medical and ecological anthropology

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