Nutrition

"One third of Pacific children aged between 5 and 14 years were overweight and a further 26% of boys and 31% of girls were classified as obese. 71% of girls aged 11-14 years were overweight or obese"

(Ministry of Health, 2003: Findings of the 2002 National Children's Nutrition Survey (Pacific))

Nutrition services includes:

Education programmes
Radio programmes on Pacific stations
Resources
Certificate in Pacific Nutrition (CPN) training course (9 days)
Community Nutrition Course (CNC) training course (2 days)
Contributing to tertiary dietetic training courses
Advocacy work with the Heart Foundation, Food Industry, Ministry of Health and the Education sector