A review of the cardiometabolic risk experience among Canadian Métis populations.

Cardiometabolic risk is a growing concern in Western society in which rates of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity are on the rise. Aboriginal populations currently experience unequal burdens of these chronic conditions. However, limited information regarding the experience of cardiometabolic risk among Métis populations is available. This review sought to evaluate the cardiometabolic risk experience among Métis populations in Canada. Canada's Métis population currently experiences greater burdens of chronic conditions including metabolic syndrome, diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease than that of the non-Aboriginal population. Métis populations also experience poorer life expectancy, education, and employment attainments, and reduced access to health care services compared with non-Aboriginal populations. Interventions addressing the deficiencies in sociodemographic, lifestyle, and social determinants among the Métis population might help combat rising experiences of chronic diseases faced by these people. Though the burden of chronic conditions, sociodemographic, lifestyle challenges, and social determinants of health among Métis populations are generally less than that of First Nations populations, Métis people experience these health challenges and influencing factors are generally more similar to that of First Nations than non-Aboriginal peoples. Subsequently, Métis populations need to be included in plans and strategies to reduce chronic conditions among Aboriginal populations. In conclusion, Métis populations experience greater burden of cardiometabolic risk and its components than the general Canadian population.