Eskimo's and their health issues.

Today in Nutrition we spoke about the fact the Inuit's have very low heart disease rates because of their high fish intake. Somebody then asked if there are any negative effects of a high fish diet. The following list shows you that there are many factors affecting health and breaking nutrition down into its constituent parts and expecting to be healthier is retarded. Its about the whole not just about a few supplements. 

Really how much is Omega Three Fatty Acids worth to a community that has a suicide rate 6 times the national average. Not much is all I am saying.

• The average lifespan for Inuit women is 14 years less than that of the average Canadian woman. [1]

• Suicide rates in Nunavut are six times the national average.

• Tuberculosis rates are 70 times the Canadian average.[2]

• Type 2 Diabetes rates are 12 times the national average

• The 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey found that 53 per cent of Inuit live in overcrowded housing. Furthermore, 33 per cent of Inuit households are in need of core housing, almost double the Canadian rate of 18 per cent.

• In a 2003 study in Kugaaruk, Nunavut, on food security, five out of six Inuit households were classified as food insecure. This is an issue that affects many Inuit communities. Over half of the households studied had experienced hunger in the last year.[3]

• Educational attainment among Inuit is lower than that of southern mainstream Canada. Whereas 33 per cent of non-Aboriginal Canadians do not hold any level of post-secondary education, for Inuit the rate is double at 66 per cent. [4]

• The unemployment rate among Inuit is more than three times the Canadian average of seven per cent, at 22 per cent. [5]

• Environmental concerns, such as contaminants and climate change, are having a disproportionately high impact on Inuit.

• On most indicators where there is health data available for Inuit, Inuit fare far worse than not only their non-Aboriginal Canadian counterparts, but their First Nations and Métis counterparts as well.