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Growing our future: Introducing the Pacific School Food Network to support healthy school food and nutrition environments for better nourished children in the Pacific Islands

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Title Growing our future: Introducing the Pacific School Food Network to support healthy school food and nutrition environments for better nourished children in the Pacific Islands
 
Creator Hayman, Ann
Singh, Pragya
Raneri, Jessica
Katz, Stefano
Matairakula, Ulamila
MacKay, Clarissa
Horsey, Bridget
Underhill, Steven
Kama, Ateca
Maelaua, Josephine
Demei, Brynn
Mitchell, Arlene
Nyangmi, Mamta
Taaweitia, Tebwaatoki
Tekatu, Tabera
Hunter, Danny
 
Subject food safety
dietary diversity
nutrition
nutrition education
school feeding
children
inocuidad alimentaria
diversidad de la alimentación
nutrición
 
Description Food systems in the Pacific Islands (P.I.) are transitioning from local, traditional diets to those with low fruit and vegetable intake and largely based on ultra-processed foods that are often, but not always, imported. Alongside changes in diet and health outcomes, there is a loss of traditional and sociocultural dimensions of food, resulting in poor quality diets in many P.I. populations, including children. Besides high rates of overweight and obesity, in some areas stunting rates are up to 48.4%,1 and prevalence of anaemia (5-14 years) as high as 45%.2 After many years of limited multisectoral action and effort to enact sustainable change across policy and practice, there is growing interest in improving school food and nutrition environments (SFE) in the region. Against this backdrop of limited capacity, coordination, effort, research and evidence, the Pacific School Food Network (PSFN) was formed.
 
Date 2021-12-13
2021-12-15T08:03:51Z
2021-12-15T08:03:51Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Burkhart, S.; Singh, P.; Raneri, J.; Hayman, A.; Katz, S.; Matairakula, U.; MacKay, C.; Horsey, B.; Underhill, S.; Kama, A.; Maelaua, J.; Demei, B.; Mitchell, A.; Nyangmi, M.; Taaweitia, T.; Tekatu, T.; Hunter, Danny (2021) Growing our future: Introducing the Pacific School Food Network to support healthy school food and nutrition environments for better nourished children in the Pacific Islands. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific 18: 100338. 3 p. ISSN: 2666-6065
2666-6065
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116742
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100338
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 3 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Source The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific