Preventing Obesity in Canada’s Aboriginal Children: Not Just a Matter of Eating Right and Getting Active

Obesity is a growing issue for all children. Many experts say that preventing obesity is largely a matter of eating the right foods and getting enough physical activity. This advice doesn’t recognize the fact that First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children face unique barriers to growing up healthy an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Melanie A. Ferris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Western Ontario 2011-05-01
Series:International Indigenous Policy Journal
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Online Access:http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1018&context=iipj