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

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 a...

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Main Authors: Hayman, Ann, Singh, Pragya, Raneri, Jessica Evelyn, 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
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116742
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author Hayman, Ann
Singh, Pragya
Raneri, Jessica Evelyn
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
author_browse Demei, Brynn
Hayman, Ann
Horsey, Bridget
Hunter, Danny
Kama, Ateca
Katz, Stefano
MacKay, Clarissa
Maelaua, Josephine
Matairakula, Ulamila
Mitchell, Arlene
Nyangmi, Mamta
Raneri, Jessica Evelyn
Singh, Pragya
Taaweitia, Tebwaatoki
Tekatu, Tabera
Underhill, Steven
author_facet Hayman, Ann
Singh, Pragya
Raneri, Jessica Evelyn
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
author_sort Hayman, Ann
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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.
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spelling CGSpace1167422025-12-08T09:54:28Z 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 Hayman, Ann Singh, Pragya Raneri, Jessica Evelyn 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 food safety dietary diversity nutrition nutrition education school feeding children inocuidad alimentaria diversidad de la alimentación nutrición 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. 2022-01 2021-12-15T08:03:51Z 2021-12-15T08:03:51Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116742 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier 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
spellingShingle food safety
dietary diversity
nutrition
nutrition education
school feeding
children
inocuidad alimentaria
diversidad de la alimentación
nutrición
Hayman, Ann
Singh, Pragya
Raneri, Jessica Evelyn
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
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
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
title_full 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
title_fullStr 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
title_full_unstemmed 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
title_short 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
title_sort 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
topic food safety
dietary diversity
nutrition
nutrition education
school feeding
children
inocuidad alimentaria
diversidad de la alimentación
nutrición
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116742
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