The health of the Inuit has undergone substantial changes over the past five centuries, as a
result of social, cultural, and economic changes brought about by interactions with …

Background International studies of the health of Indigenous and tribal peoples provide
important public health insights. Reliable data are required for the development of policy …

Designed to help students understand the multiple levels at which human populations
respond to their surroundings, this essential text offers the most complete discussion of …

Following the dispersal out of Africa, where hominins evolved in warm environments for
millions of years, our species has colonised different climate zones of the world, including …

O próprio autor teve a chance de descobrir a urgência de uma abordagem mais ampla
quando pesquisava entre 1964 e 1974; nesse período, percebeu a falta de uma …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among Indigenous peoples in
Canada. As rates of CVD rise, the impacts among the growing population of Indigenous …

The Arctic regions are inhabited by diverse populations, both indigenous and non-
indigenous. Health Transitions in Arctic Populations describes and explains changing health …

Objectives. To test the hypothesis that the unusually low prevalences of insulin resistance
(IR), metabolic syndrome (MS) and diabetes (DM) in Alaskan Eskimos, compared to …

Objectives. We investigated the prevalence of obesity and the metabolic correlates of
different levels of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference among the Inuit in 3 …

Hypertension is an important global health issue and is currently increasing at a rapid pace
in most industrializing nations. Although a number of risk factors have been linked with the …