Obesity emergence in the Pacific islands: why understanding colonial history and social change is important

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Obesity emergence in the Pacific islands: why understanding colonial history and social change is important [1]

Between 1980 and 2008, two Pacific island nations – Nauru and the Cook Islands – experienced the fastest rates of increasing BMI in the world. Rates
were over four times higher than the mean global BMI increase. The aim of the present paper is to examine why these populations have been so prone to obesity increases in recent times.

Publication Date:

01/09/2014

Author(s): Amy K McLennan [2], Stanley J Ulijaszek [3]

Source: Public Health Nutrition [4]

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1-7

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