Impact of the Healthy Foods North nutrition intervention program on Inuit and Inuvialuit food consumption and preparation methods in Canadian Arctic communities

Kolahdooz, Fariba; Pakseresht, Mohammadreza; Mead, Erin; Beck, Lindsay; Corriveau, André; Sharma, Sangita

doi:10.1186/1475-2891-13-68

Table 4 Change in frequency, total intake and portion size of consumption of de-promoted food groups by intervention assignment among adult Inuit and Inuvialuit

From: Impact of the Healthy Foods North nutrition intervention program on Inuit and Inuvialuit food consumption and preparation methods in Canadian Arctic communities

De-promoted food groups	Intervention						Control						Δ intervention vs. Δ control²
	Pre (n = 221)		Post (n = 221)		∆¹		Pre (n = 111)		Post (n = 111)		∆¹
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Frequency (time/day)
High-fat meats	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.3	−0.2 ^†	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.4	−0.2 ^†
High-fat dairy products	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.4	−0.1 ^*	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.1 ^*	0.5	−0.2 ^‡
Refined grain products	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.9	0.6	1.2	1.0	0.3 ^†	1.0	−0.3*
Unhealthy drinks	1.3	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.0	1.1	1.3	1.1	1.6	1.1	0.3 ^*	1.2	−0.3*
Unhealthy snacks	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.4	−0.0
Unhealthy additions	2.0	1.5	2.3	1.5	0.3 ^*	1.4	2.0	1.4	2.4	1.5	0.4 ^‡	1.4	−0.1
Total Intake (g/day)
High-fat meats	46	72	27	47	−19.0 ^†	66.8	24	24	33	73	8.9	69.6	−27.9 ^‡
High-fat dairy products	19	88	11	41	−8.0	91.3	6	17	18	52	11.8 ^*	50.7	−19.8*
Refined grain products	69	67	69	77	0.7	85.9	110	127	112	132	2.3	150.5	−1.6
Unhealthy drinks	754	885	587	846	−166.6 ^*	808.2	727	785	749	966	21.9	1028.3	−188.5
Unhealthy snacks³	49	156	17	24	−31.5 ^*	153.9	36	70	17	21	−18.6 ^*	68.8	−12.9³
Unhealthy additions	48	52	37	40	−11.1 ^‡	47.3	45	55	33	46	−12.1 ^*	53.8	0.9
Portion size (g/day)
High-fat meats	281 ^†	199	195 ^†	161	−85.6	196.8	232	168	219	244	−12.6	244.0	−73.0*
High-fat dairy products	35	131	26	76	−8.3	142.6	28	81	42	92	14	114.0	−22.3
Refined grain products	204*	136	178*	110	−26.6	155.9	274‡	186	216‡	116	−57.6	181.7	31.0
Unhealthy drinks	944 ^†	829	723 ^†	615	−221.2	703.7	946*	639	778*	511	−168.4	625.9	−52.8
Unhealthy snacks³	106 ^†	129	58 ^†	41	−48.3	127.7	138 ^†	109	65 ^†	36	−73.8	116.6	25.5
Unhealthy additions	56 ^†	52	42 ^†	48	−13.9	49.7	56*	59	40*	50	−16.3	54.3	2.4

¹Δ Change between post and pre intervention in intervention or control group = [mean (post – pre)].
²Δ Change intervention vs. Δ control = [mean (post – pre in intervention group)] – [mean (post – pre in control group)].
³A Wilcoxon Signed Rank Sum Test was performed.
A t- test was performed on all other p-values.
* p ≤ 0.05; ‡ p ≤ 0.001; ^†p ≤ 0.0001.

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