The diet of the Indigenous Sami people has become more Westernized. The lack of population-based data on nutrient intake and nutritional adequacy, in combination with a high prevalence of obesity/metabolic syndrome among Sami, was the rationale behind the present study. We hypothesized that differences in nutrient intake between Sami and non-Sami populations may still exist but that these differences ...

This study is the first to investigate the prevalence of filled opioid prescriptions among indigenous Sami people with self-reported chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMSP) and compare it with that of non-Sami living in the same area. Baseline data from the SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Survey (2012) was linked prospectively to the Norwegian Prescription Database. Information on filled opioid prescriptions ...

Background - The Sami people is an indigenous minority population living in the northern parts of Norway and mainly in rural areas. We lack data of contemporary levels of physical activity (PA) in rural regions of Northern Norway and in the Sami population in particular. We aimed to describe the PA levels and investigate whether PA levels differs between Sami and non-Sami and between coastal and ...

BACKGROUND: In Northern Norway, traditional medicine (TM) is shaped by both Christianity and traditional Sami nature worship. The healing rituals may include prayer and the use of tools such as moss, water, stones, wool and soil. Examples of TM modalities offered is cupping, blood-stemming, laying on of hands, healing prayers, and rituals. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence ...

Objectives: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is recognised as a reliable long-term predictor of adverse health outcomes. Elevated prevalence rates of MetS and chronic lifestyle diseases have been documented in different indigenous groups. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of MetS and diabetes mellitus in relation to ethnicity in Northern Norway. In addition, we discussed different cut-off values for waist ...

<i>Background</i> - The relationships between metabolic markers and obesity measures may differ by ethnicity, sex, and height. Questions have been posed whether these relationships differ by ethnicity in the population in Northern Norway, but this has not been explored yet.<p><p> <i>Objectives</i> - Investigate the relationships between metabolic markers and obesity measures in Sami and non‐Sami ...

<i>Background</i> - Globally, there is a huge lack of relevant research about widespread lifestyle diseases and living conditions in indigenous communities. Northern and Middle Norway have a history of multiple ethnic groups and the Sami has been acknowledged as the indigenous people of Norway by the Norwegian State. The SAMINOR 2 Clinical Survey, a part of the SAMINOR Study, was carried out to ...

Senter for samisk helseforskning (SSHF) ble opprettet i 2001 av Sosial- og helsedepartementet med oppdrag om å framskaffe forskningsbasert kunnskap om helse og levekår i den samiske befolkninga i Norge. Gjennom 20 år har senterets ansatte publisert rundt 160 vitenskapelige artikler, og det er avlagt 17 doktorgrader. Det legges stor vekt på å gjøre kunnskapen tilgjengelig for befolkninga, noe denne ...

I dagens samfunn er overvekt og fedme hyppig forekommende og har derfor blitt mer akseptert i store deler av befolkningen. Samtidig fokuseres det i media på at idealet er å være slank, sunn og i god fysisk form. I to studier av deltakere i SAMINOR 2 – den kliniske undersøkelsen (2012–2014), var vi interessert i å studere symptomer på spiseforstyrrelser (Studie 1) og om underestimering av overvekt ...