According to recent reports in Canada, the majority of toddlers in Inuit households in regions like Nunavut are not eating healthy diets, and are not getting an adequate amount of nutrition on a daily basis. Research showed that 56% of Inuit households with young children were considered "child food insecure". The conclusion is based on surveys conducted in 2007 and 2008 in 16 different Nunavut Inuit communities.

The reports also concluded that 7 out of 10 households were "food insecure." These rates are ten times higher than the national average which runs at about 5% of households rated as child food insecure. The study authors hope that the data will prompt efforts to help those households which are food insecure to improve their diets. Factors affecting food insecurity include social assistance, lower education and lower household income.