Centuries-old hereditary characteristics of Inuit children of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska has been changed. They are no longer short or stunted in growth compared to their previous generation.
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‘For centuries Inuit children in Greenland, Canada, and Alaska have been found to be as small, but this has been changed finds a new study. They are no longer smaller in growth; their height now is as equal as other children.’
Previous studies of the growth of the indigenous Inuit people of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska has characterized them as shorter but with the same weight as European or continental US citizens. Yet, this specific growth pattern was no longer found in the new study of the growth of Greenlandic children conducted by researchers from University of Southern Denmark. We evaluated the growth of 279 healthy Greenlandic boys and girls aged 6-10 years and found that at puberty, Greenlandic children are now as tall as children in Denmark,« says Marius Kløvgaard.
As a part of the study, the research group has also conducted specific growth charts for children in Greenland that can be used for monitoring growth and thrive. Growth charts for Greenlandic children have never been published before.
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The fact that the growth of Greenlandic children is no longer stunted has several explanations.
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Healthy children Furthermore, in a recent study, the research group found, that children in Greenland are as healthy as children in Denmark. Actually, children in Greenland have fewer visits to the doctors than Danish children.
Chronic diseases might hamper growth. But improvements in health and nutrition have reduced these kinds of problems,« says Marius Kløvgaard.
Source-Eurekalert
