Abstract
Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in First Nations but there is limited information on physical activity, food and psychosocial risk factors, especially in remote communities. A baseline survey of main food preparers and shoppers (n=149 randomly selected household, remote n=76, semi-remote n=73) on seven reserves was conducted to assess physical activity and food behaviors and related psychosocial factors using multi-question scales. Respondents on remote reserves were more likely to have less education (>12 years: 39.47% vs. 62.96%, p=0.008) and come from larger households (mean household members: 4.28 vs. 3.77, p=0.107). Related to this, respondents on remote reserves had lower physical activity and food knowledge scores (2.9 vs. 3.6, p=0.022) and lower outcome expectations for related behaviors (4.04 vs. 4.33, p=0.008). These baseline findings are being used to evaluate a multi-institutional trial in the communities to prevent diabetes. This work was supported by the American Diabetes Association and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
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