Pacific Peoples Nutrition and Health

Question 1

Is white bread traditionally for rich or poor people

Answer 1

rich

Question 2

what is food a focal symbolic representation of

Answer 2

one’s cultural identity and history

Question 3

what is often held onto during migration

Answer 3

special foodsa

Question 4

what countries have the oldest food cultures

Answer 4

pacific countries

Question 5

how many years back does pacific food cultutre go

Answer 5

28,000

Question 6

what is food a symbol of

Answer 6

love
sharing
gifts
wealth
and the act of bringing people together

Question 7

what has happened to pacific food culture ove rpast 100 years

Answer 7

nutrition transition…

Question 8

how were pacific peoples descirbes in the 17th and 18th century after europeans began to arrive

Answer 8

strong, muscular and mostly good health

Question 9

result of urbanisation

Answer 9

people eating fast foods, lower quality diet
less room to grow crops
will buy tuna rather than fishing for it themselves

Question 10

what does bigger mean to Tongans

Answer 10

beautiful
wealth

Question 11

what is it to be healthy

Answer 11

spiritually connected

Question 12

what is going to need to change in order to shift cultural practises

Answer 12

behaviours and perceptions

Question 13

what does food determine for an event

Answer 13

how good the event is perceives

Question 14

% of pacific males and females reaching vege intakes (3 servings)

Answer 14

41%
49%

Question 15

% of pacific males and females reaching fruit intakes (2 servings)

Answer 15

54%
62%

Question 16

what is the leading cause of disease and mortality in low nad middle income countries

Answer 16

NCDs

Question 17

examples of low and middle income countries

Answer 17

Samoa, tonga, fiji, Niue, Nauru and the cook islands

Question 18

life expectancy in NZ

Answer 18

82

Question 19

why does PNG have lower NCD death

Answer 19

AUS supports with more money
more capability and space to grow food

Question 20

% of Pacific households having five or more people living under one roof experiencing food insecurity

Answer 20

50%

Question 21

driving factor to the contribution of food insecrutiy for pacific families with a majority of working in low-paying jobs

Answer 21

money

Question 22

pacificic diet pattern

Answer 22

eat very little, skip meals during the week and then feast on sundays

Question 23

factors contributing to ill health in pacific island countries
underlying origins (socio-cultural/political)

Answer 23

underlying origins
colonial context and exploitation
loss of culture, land and identity
increased dependence
decreased determination

Question 24

underlying origins of economic issues causing ill health

Answer 24

inadequate education and employment
lack of meaningful activities and occupations
the perception that all foreign goods are superior

Question 25

direct causes of ill health from lifestyle

Answer 25

insufficient nutrition and diet consumption of low nutritional quality food inadequate physical activity tobacco and alcohol overuse

Question 26

NCDs and CDs as a result of ill health

Answer 26

communicable diseases -increased diarrhoea -renal diseases and infections -increased STDs -eye and ear diseases non communicable diseases -obesity -diabetes -hypertension -gout -cancer -respiratory disease

Question 27

direct causes contributing to ill health (living conditions)

Answer 27

poverty and overcrowding inadequate housing standards family and food insecurity poor hygiene inadequate water supply

Question 28

3 types of foods used in the pacific guildelines and the AMDR

Answer 28

energy foods (50%) protective foods (35%) body building foods (15%)