The traditional diet of the Inuit people of Northern Canada consists primarily of marine foods rich in n-3 fatty acids, a class of polyunsaturated fats that have beneficial effects on cardiovascular ...

Humans are considered the most adaptable species on Earth, but within that, certain people stand out for their resilience to extreme environments. The Arctic doesn’t leave much room for careless ...

Scientists warned on Thursday that the long-term health of Inuit hunters in eastern Greenland was under threat, due to so-called "forever chemicals" in the atmosphere and their diet of polar bear and ...

As food prices soar it is clear that food security is becoming an ever-growing concern for Canadians. However, not everyone faces these rising costs equally. In Inuit Nunangat—the homeland of Inuit ...

Eskimos do not suffer from diabetes or cancer, rarely from hardening of the arteries. Yet they subsist almost entirely on meat. The possible relationship between such absence of disease and the ...