Nduna Yaikulu ya Tonga Akilisi Pohiva wapempha atsogoleri a maiko a m’nyanja ya Pacific kuti achepetse thupi kuti apereke chitsanzo chabwino kwa anthu ozungulira derali. Ananenanso kuti akhoza kukhazikitsa mpikisano wochepetsa thupi.

Dziko la Pacific lili ndi anthu omwe ali ndi kunenepa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi komanso matenda osapatsirana, ndipo Pohliva waganiza zopanga mpikisanowu kukhala gawo la Pacific Islands Forum, msonkhano wapachaka wa mayiko odziyimira pawokha ku Pacific Ocean. Mtsogoleri wa dziko la Tonga ananena kuti mtsogoleri aliyense ayesedwe pa msonkhano wa chaka chino asanabwerenso chaka chotsatira kuti adzawumenso.

“Sikuti ndani amene amatsika kwambiri ma kilogalamu ambiri, koma kuti muchepetse kulemerako, muyenera kudya mopepuka ndipo kukhala ndi maganizo abwino amenewo kudzapita kutali,” zikunenedwa kuti Pohiva, mphunzitsi wakale wa pasukulupo anauza The Samoa Observer. "Atsogoleriwo akasintha malingaliro awo amatsimikiza kuti anthu awo ali ndi gawo lomwelo ndikuchoka pamenepo."

Bungwe la World Health Organization linanena kuti mwana mmodzi pa ana asanu alionse ndiponso wachinyamata m’mayiko 10 a m’nyanja ya Pacific amaonedwa kuti ndi onenepa kwambiri, pamene kafukufuku wina amasonyeza kuti ana 40 mpaka 70 pa XNUMX alionse onenepa kwambiri amakhala munthu wamkulu wonenepa kwambiri. Bungwe la WHO lati kufalikira kwa kunenepa kwambiri m'derali kumabwera chifukwa chakulowa m'malo mwa zakudya zachikhalidwe ndi zakudya zochokera kunja.

Ku Nauru, 61 peresenti ya akuluakulu ndi onenepa kwambiri. Pazilumba za Cook, chiwerengerochi ndi 56 peresenti. Padziko lonse lapansi, pafupifupi 12 peresenti ya akuluakulu amawerengedwa kuti ndi onenepa kwambiri. Kuchuluka kwa kunenepa kwambiri m'derali kwapangitsa kuti moyo uchepe pomwe odwala matenda ashuga komanso matenda amtima akwera.

Pohiva adawonetsa kukhumudwa kwake chifukwa cha kusayenda bwino kwa njira zomwe zikuyesa kuthana ndi vutoli ku Pacific ndipo adati akuyembekeza kuti mpikisano wochepetsa thupi ungakhale chitsanzo chabwino kwa anthu kuti atsatire.

"Matenda osapatsirana [mitengo] ndi kunenepa kwambiri kwa ana kuli ndi chilichonse chokhudza momwe timadyera komanso moyo wathu ndipo ndizovuta kwambiri pankhani ya anthu athu aku Pacific," adatero.

"Ndipo ndi atsogoleri a zilumba za Pacific, timakumana ndi kukambirana ndi kukambirana za nkhaniyi, komabe zomwe tikuchita pankhaniyi sizikukhudza ... Takhala tikulimbikitsa nkhani yomweyi kwa zaka zambiri koma zikuwoneka kuti sizikuyenda."

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Pohiva adawonetsa kukhumudwa kwake chifukwa cha kusayenda bwino kwa njira zomwe zikuyesa kuthana ndi vutoli ku Pacific ndipo adati akuyembekeza kuti mpikisano wochepetsa thupi ungakhale chitsanzo chabwino kwa anthu kuti atsatire.
The Pacific is home to the world's highest rates of obesity and non-communicable diseases, and Pohliva has proposed making the competition part of the Pacific Islands Forum, an annual meeting of independent states in the Pacific Ocean.
“It is not about who loses the most kilos, but in order to shake off the weight, you must eat light and having that healthy mentality will go a long way,” Pohiva, a former school teacher, reportedly told The Samoa Observer.