Commentary Open Access
Volume 3 | Issue 2 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/diabetes.3.034
To Quell Childhood Obesity: The Pacific Ending Childhood Obesity Network’s Response
Amerita Ravuvu1,*, Si Thu Win Tin, Solene Bertrand, Elisiva Na’ati, Ilisapeci Kubuabola
- 1Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Programme, Public Health Division, Pacific Community (SPC), Private Mail Bag, Suva, Fiji
Corresponding Author
Amerita Ravuvu, ameritar@spc.int
Received Date: February 23, 2021
Accepted Date: March 05, 2021
Ravuvu A, Tin STW, Bertrand S, Na’ati E, Kubuabola I. To Quell Childhood Obesity: The Pacific Ending Childhood Obesity Network’s Response. J Diabetes Clin Res. 2021; 3(2):33-36.
Copyright: © 2021 Ravuvu A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords
Pacific ECHO, Childhood obesity, Pacific MANA, Fiscal measures, Marketing, Physical activity, Surveillance
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