childhood obesity
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Child and adolescent obesity is soaring in Polynesia and there is no quick fix, according to an eminent Pacific health leader.
The most obese 5-19-year-olds globally live in three Pacific Island nations, a UNICEF report found.
The report, Feeding Profit: How Food...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pacific children are at high obesity risk, yet the behavioral and environmental factors that contribute to obesity development in this setting remain poorly understood. We assessed associations between childhood risk factors for obesity with body mass index (BMI)...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —A record one in five children around the world is overweight or obese, a major review published in JAMA Pediatrics suggests.
In the 'most comprehensive study to date,' researchers in China analyzed more than 2,000 studies involving nearly 46million children and teens...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In late March, the Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources (ACNR) division of the American Samoa Community College hosted a special workshop to address the ongoing concern of childhood obesity in American Samoa.
The Group Model Building workshop was facilitated by...
Suva, FIJI — A leading academic at Fiji National University says childhood obesity has become such a problem in the Pacific that some children may have shorter lives than their parents.
William May said childhood obesity is a growing problem in the region, affecting their health and also increasing...