Neqkiuryaraq - The Art of Preparing Food

摘要 阿拉斯加的育空-库斯科维姆(YK)三角洲是58个阿拉斯加土著部落的家园，他们经历了 预期寿命比美国平均水平低10年。与饮食有关的疾病的差异，如 由于癌症、心脏病和糖尿病导致了预期寿命的下降；结构性的 这些与饮食相关的健康差距的根源在于这些问题。尽管该地区在文化上与 健康的本土食品，传统的生活方式已经变得更加困难。食品零售商库存 不健康、货架稳定的食品，而易腐烂的食品，如农产品，是稀缺和负担不起的。 粮食不安全导致饥饿、饮食质量差和健康差距。 这个名为Neqkiurya aq或食物准备艺术的项目是对食物系统的结构性干预 为YK三角洲做准备。通过多部门伙伴关系、社区参与的方法，以及 根据传统知识，我们将使食品系统本地化，并改善人们获得营养食品的机会。 结构性干预措施将促进传统粮食的收获和分配， 健康的市场食品，如农产品，向经历粮食不安全的社区提供。 改善获得有营养的、文化上可接受的食物的机会将加强粮食安全，减少 饥饿，并改善健康。我们将通过测量参与者的食物来评估这些影响 安全性、饮食质量和临床参数，如血压和血糖。改进 营养将保护人们免受慢性健康疾病的影响，如心脏病、糖尿病和 癌症。构建融合传统知识、促进健康和健康的地方食品体系 文化上可接受的食物，并雇用社区成员将推动YK三角洲走向 粮食主权，并为其他面临粮食不安全的农村社区树立了榜样。

ABSTRACT The Yukon-Kuskokwim (YK) Delta of Alaska is home to 58 Alaska Native Tribes who experience a life expectancy 10 years less than the U.S. average. Disparities in diet-related diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes contribute to this decreased life expectancy; structural issues underlie these diet-related health disparities. Although the region is culturally tied to healthy Native foods, a traditional lifestyle has become more difficult. Food retailers stock unhealthy, shelf-stable food, while perishable foods, like produce, are scarce and unaffordable. Food insecurity results in hunger, poor diet quality, and health disparities. This project, Neqkiuryaraq or The Art of Preparing Food, is a food system structural intervention for the YK Delta. Through multi-sectoral partnerships, community-engaged approaches, and traditional knowledge, we will localize the food system and improve access to nutritious foods. Structural interventions will promote the harvesting and distribution of traditional foods and healthy market foods, like produce, to communities experiencing food insecurity. Improved access to nutritious, culturally acceptable foods will bolster food security, reduce hunger, and improve health. We will assess these effects by measuring participant food security, diet quality, and clinical parameters such as blood pressure and blood sugar. Improved nutrition will protect people against chronic health conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Building a local food system that integrates traditional knowledge, promotes healthy and culturally acceptable foods, and employs community members will move the YK Delta towards food sovereignty and provide an exemplar for other rural communities facing food insecurity.