2013
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20082
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Behavioral risk factors for obesity during health transition in Vanuatu, South Pacific

Abstract: The South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu, like many developing countries, is currently experiencing a shift in disease burdens from infectious to chronic diseases with economic development. A rapid increase in obesity prevalence represents one component of this “health transition.” We sought to identify behaviors associated with measures of obesity in Vanuatu. We surveyed 534 adults from three islands varying in level of economic development. We measured height; weight; waist and hip circumferences; triceps, s… Show more

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“…In 2007, TV viewing and radio listening were associated with less risk for obesity on the three islands sampled (Ambae, Aneityum, and Efate), an unexpected result compared to findings in other countries (Dancause et al, 2013). However, this study relied on estimates of total daily time spent watching TV and listening to radio.…”
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“…In 2007, TV viewing and radio listening were associated with less risk for obesity on the three islands sampled (Ambae, Aneityum, and Efate), an unexpected result compared to findings in other countries (Dancause et al, 2013). However, this study relied on estimates of total daily time spent watching TV and listening to radio.…”
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“…Research conducted by the Binghamton University Health Transition Research Team has been utilizing a "natural experiment model" (Garruto, Little, James, & Brown, 1999) to study risk factors and impacts of chronic diseases. In 2007, an initial survey was conducted on the islands of Ambae, Aneityum, and Efate, revealing several behavioral factors for obesity (Dancause et al, 2013). Among them, TV viewing and radio listening were unexpectedly associated with less risk for obesity.…”
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“…In 2007, the research team collected anthropometric measurements, and conducted an extensive behavioral survey of 1,140 males and females from infancy to adulthood on the islands of Ambae, a rural island with no tourism, Aneityum, a rural island frequently in contact with tourists, and Efate, an urban island and hub of tourist activity in Vanuatu, where the capital of Port Vila is located. Women demonstrated the highest prevalence of obesity on all islands, and on Efate in particular (Dancause et al, 2013). These behavioral risk factors are in turn associated with the reported high prevalence of obesity on Efate, the most modernized island in the sample (Dancause et al, 2013).…”
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“…A more comprehensive understanding of health transition in the Pacific is needed, particularly in populations of Melanesian origin, which have been less extensively studied than populations of Polynesian origin (Curtis, 2003). What research has been done indicates that urbanizing Melanesian populations are at particular risk for increasing obesity (Dancause et al, 2013;Furusawa et al, 2010), although even small changes in diet and lifestyle may increase risk in rural populations (Dancause et al, 2013).…”
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