Question

A 6-year-old Inuit boy in a remote community is found to have obesity and elevated fasting glucose. Which public health approach best addresses the upstream determinants contributing to high rates of type 2 diabetes in Indigenous children?

Accepted Answer

Collaborating with community leaders to improve access to healthy traditional foods and safe physical activity spaces

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Focusing solely on individual diet counselling without community involvement

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Implementing a generic urban school-based program without adaptation

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Blaming parents for poor lifestyle choices

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Refusing to engage in advocacy as it is beyond the physician's role

Practice question

A 6-year-old Inuit boy in a remote community is found to have obesity and elevated fasting glucose. Which public health approach best addresses the upstream determinants contributing to high rates of type 2 diabetes in Indigenous children?