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Rapid Increase Of Female But Not Male Obesity: Analysis Of The 2023 Vanuatu Health Transition Project Survey On Aneityum, Matthew Christian, Olivia Lasalle, Zhiqiao Huang, Hannah Chen, Ricky Chen, J. Koji Lum May 2024

Rapid Increase Of Female But Not Male Obesity: Analysis Of The 2023 Vanuatu Health Transition Project Survey On Aneityum, Matthew Christian, Olivia Lasalle, Zhiqiao Huang, Hannah Chen, Ricky Chen, J. Koji Lum

Binghamton University Undergraduate Journal

Globally, obesity rates are continuing to increase and countries in the midst of modernization are most vulnerable. Developing nations are undergoing a health transition alongside rapid economic modernization. The nation of Vanuatu, like other Pacific island countries, is experiencing such a transition marked by decreased cases of infectious disease and increased incidence of chronic and non-communicable diseases. Aneityum is a small and sparsely populated island in Vanuatu and is behind more developed islands in its transition. This present study is the latest in a multi-year project examining health in Vanuatu as it undergoes a health transition with an increased prevalence …


Reflections On Vivid Vagabondage: Ambrym, Thomas Dick May 2016

Reflections On Vivid Vagabondage: Ambrym, Thomas Dick

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

In the island nation of Vanuatu in the South West Pacific Ocean, the practice of sand drawing – creating patterns in the sand to record history, tell stories, and pass on intergenerational wisdom – has been recognised by UNESCO as a treasure of intangible cultural heritage. In 2007, the author spent several months traveling through the islands of Vanuatu on his way to the National Sand Drawing Festival. This piece of creative non-fiction distills the experience of living in Vanuatu for over five years with reflections on doctoral fieldwork in a transnational setting.


Land Tenure And Hierarchies In Eastern Melanesia, Jean Guiart Mar 1996

Land Tenure And Hierarchies In Eastern Melanesia, Jean Guiart

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Lamont Lindstrom's Review Of Gerald Haberkorn's Port Vila: Transit Station Or Final Stop?, Lamont Lindstrom Jun 1994

Lamont Lindstrom's Review Of Gerald Haberkorn's Port Vila: Transit Station Or Final Stop?, Lamont Lindstrom

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Borrowed Moieties, Borrowed Names: Sociolinguistic Contact Between Tanna And Futuna-Aniwa, Vanuatu, John Lynch, Kenneth Fakamuria Mar 1994

Borrowed Moieties, Borrowed Names: Sociolinguistic Contact Between Tanna And Futuna-Aniwa, Vanuatu, John Lynch, Kenneth Fakamuria

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


John Lynch's Review Of Terry Crowley's Beach-La-Mar To Bislama: The Emergence Of A National Language In Vanuatu, John Lynch Dec 1993

John Lynch's Review Of Terry Crowley's Beach-La-Mar To Bislama: The Emergence Of A National Language In Vanuatu, John Lynch

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Mac Marshall's Review Of Ron Brunton's The Abandoned Narcotic: Kava And Cultural Instability In Melanesia, Mac Marshall Jun 1992

Mac Marshall's Review Of Ron Brunton's The Abandoned Narcotic: Kava And Cultural Instability In Melanesia, Mac Marshall

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Joël Bonnemaison's Review Of Margaret Critchlow Rodman's Deep Water: Development And Change In Pacific Village Fisheries, Joël Bonnemaison Mar 1990

Joël Bonnemaison's Review Of Margaret Critchlow Rodman's Deep Water: Development And Change In Pacific Village Fisheries, Joël Bonnemaison

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Custom, Pluralism, And Realism In Vanuatu: Legal Development And The Role Of Customary Law, David Weisbrot Nov 1989

Custom, Pluralism, And Realism In Vanuatu: Legal Development And The Role Of Customary Law, David Weisbrot

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Tourist Hotel Food And Beverage Imports In Fiji And Vanuatu, Larry Dwyer Nov 1989

Tourist Hotel Food And Beverage Imports In Fiji And Vanuatu, Larry Dwyer

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Sharpening The Spearhead: Subregionalism In Melanesia, Norman Macqueen Mar 1989

Sharpening The Spearhead: Subregionalism In Melanesia, Norman Macqueen

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Robert L. Rubinstein's Review Of Margaret C. Rodman's Masters Of Tradition: Consequences Of Customary Land Tenure In Longana, Vanuatu, Robert L. Rubinstein Mar 1988

Robert L. Rubinstein's Review Of Margaret C. Rodman's Masters Of Tradition: Consequences Of Customary Land Tenure In Longana, Vanuatu, Robert L. Rubinstein

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Melanesian Socialism: Vanuatu's Quest For Self-Definition And Problems Of Implementation, Ralph R. Premdas Sep 1987

Melanesian Socialism: Vanuatu's Quest For Self-Definition And Problems Of Implementation, Ralph R. Premdas

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Glenn Petersen's Review Of Norman Meller's Constitutionalism In Micronesia & Ralph R. Premdas And Jeff S. Steeves's Decentralisation And Political Change In Melanesia, Glenn Petersen, Norman Meller Jul 1987

Glenn Petersen's Review Of Norman Meller's Constitutionalism In Micronesia & Ralph R. Premdas And Jeff S. Steeves's Decentralisation And Political Change In Melanesia, Glenn Petersen, Norman Meller

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


James Jupp's Review Of John Beasant's The Santo Rebellion: An Imperial Reckoning, James Jupp Jul 1987

James Jupp's Review Of John Beasant's The Santo Rebellion: An Imperial Reckoning, James Jupp

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Hungry Sharks: Japanese Economic Activity In Melanesia, 1960-1980, James A. Boutilier Sep 1984

Hungry Sharks: Japanese Economic Activity In Melanesia, 1960-1980, James A. Boutilier

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Alienated Land And Independence In Melanesia, Peter Larmour Sep 1984

Alienated Land And Independence In Melanesia, Peter Larmour

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


John Frum: An Indigenous Strategy Of Reaction To Mission Rule And The Colonial Order, Robert J. Gregory, Janet E. Gregory Apr 1984

John Frum: An Indigenous Strategy Of Reaction To Mission Rule And The Colonial Order, Robert J. Gregory, Janet E. Gregory

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Fitz John Porter Poole's Review Of Michael Allen's Vanuatu: Politics, Economics And Ritual In Island Melanesia, Fitz John Porter Poole Apr 1983

Fitz John Porter Poole's Review Of Michael Allen's Vanuatu: Politics, Economics And Ritual In Island Melanesia, Fitz John Porter Poole

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.