Deadly duo, tobacco and convenience foods
Subtitle: the other substance abuse epidemics afflicting the First Nations and Inuit of Canada
By: Richard Thatcher
Publisher: National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Muskoday Reserve, Sask
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Native peoples; Tobacco use; Nutrition; Health and hygiene; Indians of North America; Tobacco Use Disorder; Prevention & control; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Diet
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Traditional uses of tobacco; title: From the sacred to the profane: the corruption of traditional tobacco use; title: International, Canadian, First Nations and Inuit trends in cigarette use; title: Health problems caused by smoking; title: Effects of smoking on the non-smoker; title: Why aboriginal people smoke, despite the known health risks; title: Overcoming tobacco abuse: effective personal strategies; title: Preventing tobacco abuse: effective government policies and community prevention strategies; title: Traditional foods of the original North Americans; title: From food produced for subsistence to food produced for commercial sales; title: Hunger amidst affluence: the unfulfilled promise of Confederation for aboriginal people; title: Processed foods, obesity and health risks; title: Junk food and the health of children; title: Diabetes and modern nutrition; title: Promoting quality nutrition: a primary community health development strategy.