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Chewing the Facts on Fat: What does that say about me?

 Aim: To develop a knowledge base informed by data gathered through social, cultural, and historical contexts, including across generations on the determinants of the obesogenic environment among Pasifika youth.

RELATED PUBLICATIONS

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Firestone R, Tuisano H, Manukia M, Kaholokula K, Foliaki S, Kingi T, Kruger R, Breier B, O'Connell A, Borman B, Ellison-Loschmann L. Understanding Pasifika youth and the obesogenic environment, Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand. NZ Med J, 2016; 129 (1434) 6879. link icon

January 2013

RESEARCHERS

COLLABORATORS

  • Moana Manukia
  • The Fono, Auckland, New Zealand
  • A/Prof. Te Kani Kingi
  • Te Mata o Te Tau, Massey University
  • Prof. Keawe‘aimoku Kaholokula
  • Department of Native Hawaiian Health, University of Hawaii
  • A/Prof. Rozanne Kruger
  • Institute of Food and Technology for Human Health, Massey University, NZ
  • Prof. Bernhard Breier
  • Institute of Food and Technology for Human Health, Massey University, NZ
  • Angelique O’Connell
  • Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services, Capital & Coast District Health Board, NZ

FUNDING

  • Ministry of Health: Pacific Partnership Grant

PRIMARY RESEARCH AREAS

Keywords

Obesity, Social-Cultural Perceptions, Pacific Health, Youth,