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Overweight in the Pacific: links between foreign dependence, global food trade, and obesity in the Federated States of Micronesia

The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has received considerable attention for their alarming rates of overweight and obesity. On Kosrae, one of the four districts in the FSM, 88% of adults aged 20 or older are overweight (BMI > 25), 59% are obese (BMI > 30), and 24% are extremely obese (BMI...

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Autor principal: Cassels, Susan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1533815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16834782
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-2-10