id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-016295-1uey49ou Mulvad, Gert Arctic health problems and environmental challenges in Greenland 2007 .txt text/plain 3520 214 56 A large part of the diet still stem from seafood, fish or sea animals, but imported fabricated foods are expected to continue to take over an increasing part of their energy consumption (Deutch 2004 , Mulvad 1996 . In Greenland high contents of organic contaminants are found in people , Deutch 1998 and the pollution has reached a level of concern. A great amount of evidence from epidemiological studies and clinical trials support a theory of protective effect against coronary heart disease for fish consumption and intake of marine omega-3 fatty acids (Jul et al. The major characteristic of recent health and social problems in Greenland are (compared to Denmark): low mean lifetime expectancy, high infant mortality, increasing rates of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer, high rate of infectious diseases (tuberculosis, HIV, hepatitis B virus infection, Helicobacter pylori infection, meningitis), high rate of suicide, high rate of lethal accidents, high rate of legal abortions, domestic violence, tobacco, alcohol and drug abuse, mental health are stressed by unstable family relationships, contamination of the traditional diet (Chief Medical Officer 2000) . ./cache/cord-016295-1uey49ou.txt ./txt/cord-016295-1uey49ou.txt