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| TITLE: |
Let's go local : guidelines promoting Pacific Island Foods / Lois Englberger. |
| AUTHOR: |
Englberger, Lois. |
| PUBLISHED: |
Apia, Samoa : FAO Sub-regional Office for the Pacific Islands, 2011. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
61 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. |
| NOTES: |
"Over the past decades, food and dietary patterns in Pacific Island Countries have undergone singificant changes. Traditional diets consisting of fresh fish, root crops, breadfruit and local fruits and vegetables have been increasingly replaced by imported, often highly processed foods such as white rice, flour, instant noodles, canned foods, fatty low grade meats and soft drinks with a high sugar content. At the same time, a more sedentary lifestyle is becoming common among many Pacific Islanders. As a result, Pacific Island Countries now face a wave of dietary and lifestyle-related health problems. Chronic non-communicable diseases including diabetes, heart disease and cancer are now the main causes of death, illness and disability among adults in the Pacific Island Countries. Furthermore, countries are bounded y micro-nutrient deficiencies related to a lack of essential vitamins and minerals in the diet, such as vitamin A deficiency and anaemia. |
| ELEC. ACCESS: |
Let's go local... online documentation.
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| SUBJECT: |
Food preservation --Pohnpei (Micronesia). |
| SUBJECT: |
Foods--Pacific Islands. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Island Food Community of Pohnpei. |
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