摘要：This issue of the International Journal of Circumpolar Health contains four important articles that increase our knowledge of food consumption and anthropometry among children of the North. With obesity and overweight becoming epidemic these articles are very timely. They offer a warning and also identify opportunities for change in eating practices. Schnohr and colleagues (1), in their retrospective study of young children’s weights and heights in Nuuk, Greenland, describe an alarming increase in overweight and obesity since 1980. Nakano et al (2) describe the excessive prevalence of overweight among Canadian children in Dene/Métis and Yukon communities. The children from Dene/Métis and Yukon communities exceed expected prevalence of overweight when compared with both standard growth charts and the general population of Canadian children. Charbonneau-Roberts et al (3) review the use of Body Mass Index (BMI) in classifying body weight among the Inuit, and remind us of the limitations of the BMI.(Int J Circumpolar Health 2005; 64(2):107-109)
