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| Biggest loser? Tongan PM challenges Pacific leaders to weight-loss battle | Biggest loser? Tongan PM challenges Pacific leaders to weight-loss battle |
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| The prime minister of Tonga has urged fellow leaders of Pacific nations to join the fight against obesity, proposing they all participate in a year-long weight loss challenge. | The prime minister of Tonga has urged fellow leaders of Pacific nations to join the fight against obesity, proposing they all participate in a year-long weight loss challenge. |
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| Akilisi Pohiva told the Samoa Observer he was going to propose the competition when the leaders meet at the Pacific Island Forum in Nauru next month. | Akilisi Pohiva told the Samoa Observer he was going to propose the competition when the leaders meet at the Pacific Island Forum in Nauru next month. |
| “We should all get together for a weight loss competition for an entire year, so when we meet the following year we will weigh in again and see who has lost the most,” he said. | “We should all get together for a weight loss competition for an entire year, so when we meet the following year we will weigh in again and see who has lost the most,” he said. |
| Pohiva pointed to the high rates of childhood obesity in Pacific nations as reason for concern. | Pohiva pointed to the high rates of childhood obesity in Pacific nations as reason for concern. |
| “With Pacific Island leaders, we meet and talk and talk about this issue, yet initiatives on this issue [are] not making an impact, it doesn’t seem to work,” he said, adding pointedly: “But you see all the leaders ... no comment there.” | “With Pacific Island leaders, we meet and talk and talk about this issue, yet initiatives on this issue [are] not making an impact, it doesn’t seem to work,” he said, adding pointedly: “But you see all the leaders ... no comment there.” |
| “Once the leaders are adapting to that mindset they would be determined to get their people on the same aspect and go from there,” Pohiva told the Samoa Observer. | “Once the leaders are adapting to that mindset they would be determined to get their people on the same aspect and go from there,” Pohiva told the Samoa Observer. |
| More than 50% – and in some, up to 90% – of the population are overweight in at least 10 Pacific countries, according to the World Health Organisation. | More than 50% – and in some, up to 90% – of the population are overweight in at least 10 Pacific countries, according to the World Health Organisation. |
| In 2016, all 10 of the world’s most obese countries - by the adult prevalence rate – were Pacific island nations, according to the CIA World Factbook. | In 2016, all 10 of the world’s most obese countries - by the adult prevalence rate – were Pacific island nations, according to the CIA World Factbook. |
| Nauru topped the list, with 61% of its adult population classified as obese (having a Body Mass Index of 30 or above). In six Pacific nations – Nauru, Cook Islands, Palau, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Niue – at least half of the adult population was obese. | Nauru topped the list, with 61% of its adult population classified as obese (having a Body Mass Index of 30 or above). In six Pacific nations – Nauru, Cook Islands, Palau, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Niue – at least half of the adult population was obese. |
| Tonga ranked seventh in the world with 48.2% of the adult population classed as obese. | Tonga ranked seventh in the world with 48.2% of the adult population classed as obese. |
| The replacement of traditional nutrient-rich food in favour of imported processed food has been blamed for the Pacific’s weight problem. | The replacement of traditional nutrient-rich food in favour of imported processed food has been blamed for the Pacific’s weight problem. |
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