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Strategies for Promoting Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity Among Young Children: Priorities of Two Indigenous Communities in Canada.

Gita WahiJulie WilsonRichard OsterPatricia RainSusan M JackJoel GittelsohnSujane KandasamyRussell J de SouzaCindy L MartinEllen TothSonia S Anand
Published in: Current developments in nutrition (2019)
Informed by this formative study conducted to better understand community members' strategies for healthy eating and physical activity for young children, we argue for the continued recognition of the unique Indigenous context, incorporating the history of inequity and injustice and looking toward Indigenous-led interventions that incorporate this history and ways of life as solutions in the future.
Keyphrases
  • physical activity
  • body mass index
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • sleep quality
  • depressive symptoms