Over the past 25 years, Greenlanders have experienced a dramatic increase in cardiometabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Scientists have already linked their increased risk of these diseases to genetic variants that are common in the Inuit Greenlandic population but rare in other populations. These variants likely provided survival advantages in the harsh Arctic environment and with traditional diets based on marine mammals, which are rich in protein and polyunsaturated fatty acids.
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