Understanding Pasifika youth and the obesogenic environment, Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand
Ridvan Tupai-Firestone, Hana Tuisano, Moana Manukia, Keawe aimoku Kaholokula, Sunia Foliaki, Te Kani Kingi, Rozanne Kruger, Bernhard Breier, Angelique O Connell, Barry Borman, Lis Ellison-Loschmann
Chewing the facts on fat is a study that aimed to develop an overall understanding of the factors that may drive the obesogenic environment among Pasifika youth from the Auckland and Wellington regions. This pilot work explores familial, cross-generational and social-cultural meanings of diet, weekly food-spending habits, body size, and cultural heritage. Such knowledge could offer indepth cultural insights of obesity and health, and be used to develop creative and innovative ways to promote health and wellbeing strategies among young Pasifika.