Reclaiming health in our communities with traditional foods

Research shows that obesity is the second largest preventable cause of cancer in the United States. Still, only 31% of Americans recognize it as a risk factor for disease. Even more dismaying is that 81% of Native people are obese; meaning most of our people are unaware that cancer is a greater threat for them. In our society the blame is often put on the individual for being overweight, but in Native communities there are larger issues that contribute to poor health, and many factors that are out of a person’s control.