The Nutrition Canada Survey: a review. Statement by the Nutrition Committee of the Canadian Paediatric Society.

The data obtained through the Nutrition Canada national nutrition survey must be interpreted cautiously because of limitations in both the design of the survey and our present knowledge of the implications of the findings. The data suggest that, at present, nutritional status is suboptimal among members of the general population. However, because there is no evidence of clinically apparent malnutrition it is difficult to judge the immediate health significance of this finding. Among the Inuit, however, the data suggest that intake of vitamin C may be sufficiently low to approach the level causing clinical problems. Government should make funds available to permit analysis of the data to be completed and investigative studies to be undertaken to assess the health significance of the findings.