SASKATOON — A study suggests most indigenous children from
Saskatchewan and Manitoba were healthy when they were sent to
residential schools.
Paul Hackett, a researcher at the University of Saskatchewan, says he and two others analyzed the body mass index of more than 1,700 children entering the schools between 1919 and the 1950s. The researchers found 80 per cent of the children were at a healthy weight — better than the average Canadian child today.
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Paul Hackett, a researcher at the University of Saskatchewan, says he and two others analyzed the body mass index of more than 1,700 children entering the schools between 1919 and the 1950s. The researchers found 80 per cent of the children were at a healthy weight — better than the average Canadian child today.
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/most-indigenous-kids-were-healthy-before-they-were-sent-to-canadas-residential-schools-study