The best of two worlds: how the Greenland Board of Nutrition has handled conflicting evidence about diet and healthPeter Bjerregaard
National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Int J Circumpolar Health 71:18588. 2012
..As the consumption of traditional food becomes less prominent and as the consumption of food rich in empty calories increases, the guidelines are continuously revised and updated...
Sex ratios in the Arctic--do man-made chemicals matter?Peter Bjerregaard
Centre for Health Research in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Am J Hum Biol 24:165-9. 2012
..The rationale for this was claims in news media that, in the Arctic, sex ratios have become reduced due to exposure to anthropogenic contaminants in the environment...
- How well does social variation mirror secular change in prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a country in transition?
Peter Bjerregaard
Centre for Health Research in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Am J Hum Biol 23:774-9. 2011
..To permit analyses at the individual level, we propose a categorization of participants in a cross-sectional study according to their relative position in the process of social change...
Giving birth in Greenland: secular change in acceptance of hospital deliveriesPeter Bjerregaard
National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, Copenhagen, Denmark
Int J Circumpolar Health 69:480-5. 2010
..The purpose of this article is to describe the policies for delivery in a historical context and to analyse the response of the general population to the question of what is the preferred place of delivery...
- Cardiovascular risk amongst migrant and non-migrant Greenland Inuit in a gender perspective
Peter Bjerregaard
National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
Scand J Public Health 35:380-6. 2007
..The purpose of the present study was to analyse the association of migration from Greenland to Denmark with cardiovascular risk factors in a gender-specific perspective...
- Lifestyle modifies obesity-associated risk of cardiovascular disease in a genetically homogeneous population
Marit E Jørgensen
Centre for Health Research in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
Am J Clin Nutr 84:29-36. 2006
..Whether such differences in obesity-related risk factors exist within population groups of the same genetic origin but with differences in lifestyle remains to be determined...
- Suicide--a challenge in modern Greenland
Peter Bjerregaard
Center for Health Research in Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Arch Suicide Res 10:209-20. 2006
..There is a definite correlation with several aspects of the modernization process but it is hard to pinpoint causal relationships. It is rather the "modernization package" that should be regarded as risk factors for suicides...
- Indigenous health in the Arctic: an overview of the circumpolar Inuit population
Peter Bjerregaard
Centre for Health Research in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
Scand J Public Health 32:390-5. 2004
..Lifestyle changes, social change, and changes in society and the environment are major determinants of health among the Inuit...
- Changing living conditions, life style and health
Tine Curtis
National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
Int J Circumpolar Health 64:442-50. 2005
..Psychosocial stress is reflected in problems such as alcohol abuse, violence and suicide, and these factors have been shown in studies on migration and transitions in health to be connected to changes in lifestyle and living conditions...
- Gender differences in the association between westernization and metabolic risk among Greenland Inuit
Marit Eika Jørgensen
Centre for Health Research in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, Copenhagen, 1399, Denmark
Eur J Epidemiol 21:741-8. 2006
..The aim was to analyze metabolic risk factors among Inuit in Greenland and Denmark and their relation to westernization...
- Exposure to persistent organic pollutants and risk of hypertension among Inuit from Greenland
Beatriz Valera
National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
Environ Res 122:65-73. 2013
..Epidemiological and experimental studies have reported significant associations between POPs and increased blood pressure (BP) in populations with different degrees of exposure...
- The association between blood pressure and whole blood methylmercury in a cross-sectional study among Inuit in Greenland
Anni Brit Sternhagen Nielsen
Centre for Health Research in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Environ Health 11:44. 2012
..We examined the relation between whole blood mercury and blood pressure (BP) in Inuit in Greenland...
- Blood pressure among the Inuit (Eskimo) populations in the Arctic
Peter Bjerregaard
National Institute of Public Health, Svanemollevej 25, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Scand J Public Health 31:92-9. 2003
..This study compared the blood pressure among the major Inuit population groups with other populations and examined the associations with factors like age, gender, obesity and smoking...
- Physical activity patterns in Greenland: a country in transition
Inger K Dahl-Petersen
Centre for Health Research in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Scand J Public Health 39:678-86. 2011
..To examine differences in physical activity patterns among Inuit in Greenland in relation to social transition. The Inuit in Greenland are an indigenous population in the circumpolar north who are experiencing rapid social transition...
- Can we compare violence data across countries?
Vanita Sundaram
National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
Int J Circumpolar Health 63:389-96. 2004
..The paper aims to explore what knowledge can be obtained about violence through population-based data and additionally, through inter-country comparisons of violence data...
- Assessment of consumption of marine food in Greenland by a food frequency questionnaire and biomarkers
Charlotte Jeppesen
The National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen K, Denmark
Int J Circumpolar Health 71:18361. 2012
..We studied the association and agreement between questionnaire data and biomarkers of marine food among Greenland Inuit...
- Violence, sexual abuse and health in Greenland
Tine Curtis
National Institute of Public Health, Section for Research in Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Int J Circumpolar Health 61:110-22. 2002
..It is possible to secure a reasonably high response rate in a general health survey that includes questions on violence and sexual abuse...
- Inuit dietary patterns in modern Greenland
Peter Bjerregaard
National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, DK 1353 Copenhagen, Denmark
Int J Circumpolar Health 69:13-24. 2010
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- High prevalence of markers of coronary heart disease among Greenland Inuit
Marit Eika Jørgensen
Centre for Health Research in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
Atherosclerosis 196:772-8. 2008
..The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of markers of CHD among Greenland Inuit, and to study associations between markers of CHD and behavioral and biological variables...
- Lead sources in human diet in Greenland
Peter Bjerregaard
National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
Environ Health Perspect 112:1496-8. 2004
..01). Blood lead was not associated with dietary exposure to other local or imported food items...
- Global health-a circumpolar perspective
Susan Chatwood
Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Am J Public Health 102:1246-9. 2012
..As the Arctic gains prominence as a sentinel of global issues such as climate change, the health of circumpolar populations should be part of the global health discourse and policy development...
- Low incidence of cardiovascular disease among the Inuit--what is the evidence?
Peter Bjerregaard
Division for Research in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, Svanemøllevej 25 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Atherosclerosis 166:351-7. 2003
..The scientific evidence for this is weak and rests on early clinical evidence and uncertain mortality statistics...
- Urbanization, migration and alcohol use in a population of Greenland Inuit
Marie Henriette Madsen
National Institute of Public Health, Centre for Alcohol Research, Copenhagen, Denmark
Int J Circumpolar Health 64:234-45. 2005
..Whether this may be attributed to urbanization, or to migration, is not clear...
- Common mental disorders among patients in primary health care in Greenland
Inge Lynge
National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen
Int J Circumpolar Health 63:377-83. 2004
..There are many indications that mental health in Greenland is endangered and needs more attention...
- Consumption of traditional food and adherence to nutrition recommendations in Greenland
Charlotte Jeppesen
Centre of Health Research in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Scand J Public Health 40:475-81. 2012
..The purpose was to study the composition of the Inuit diet, to assess the adherence to nutritional recommendations among the Inuit in Greenland, and to discuss the potential role of traditional food in improving dietary quality...
- Studying health in Greenland: obligations and challenges
Peter Bjerregaard
National Institute of Public Health, Dept for Research in Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Int J Circumpolar Health 62:5-16. 2003
..Health news are regularly reported to international and local congresses and to the scientific journals...
- Experiences from three community health promotion projects in Greenland
Tine Curtis
Centre for Health Research in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, Denmark
Int J Circumpolar Health 64:260-8. 2005
..Based on project reports and other written material, this paper describes experiences from the three projects and discusses the implications of the differences in project design and organization for potential outcomes...
- Impact of public health research in Greenland
Peter Bjerregaard
Centre for Health Research in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
Int J Circumpolar Health 63:214-20. 2004
..The results have been widely used by politicians, administrators, and health care professionals...
- Validity of the international physical activity questionnaire in the arctic
Inger Katrine Dahl-Petersen
National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Med Sci Sports Exerc 45:728-36. 2013
..The aim of the study was to compare IPAQ-L estimates with combined accelerometry and heart rate monitoring (ACC + HR) in a population-based study of adult Inuit in Greenland...
- Population surveys in Greenland 1993-2009: Temporal trend of PCBs and pesticides in the general Inuit population by age and urbanisation
Peter Bjerregaard
Centre for Health Research in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark Electronic address
Sci Total Environ 454:283-8. 2013
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- A common Greenlandic Inuit BRCA1 RING domain founder mutation
Thomas V O Hansen
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Breast Cancer Res Treat 115:69-76. 2009
..Provided screening is efficient, about 5% of breast- and 13% of ovarian cancers, respectively, may be prevented...
- Public health research and practice in Greenland
Peter Bjerregaard
National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
Int J Circumpolar Health 63:210-1. 2004
- Cultural change and mental health in Greenland: the association of childhood conditions, language, and urbanization with mental health and suicidal thoughts among the Inuit of Greenland
Peter Bjerregaard
Section for Research in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
Soc Sci Med 54:33-48. 2002
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- Harmful alcohol use and frequent use of marijuana among lifetime problem gamblers and the prevalence of cross-addictive behaviour among Greenland Inuit: evidence from the cross-sectional Inuit Health in Transition Greenland survey 2006-2010
Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen
National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Int J Circumpolar Health 72:19551. 2013
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- Prevalence of obesity among Inuit in Greenland and temporal trend by social position
Peter Bjerregaard
National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Am J Hum Biol 25:335-40. 2013
..The purpose of the study was to analyze the temporal trend of obesity among Inuit in Greenland during 1993-2010 according to sex and relative social position...
