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Pohnpei and Palau. Diet and Culture By Kaeli Larsen. Overview . History Family and Religion Meal Time Diet Analysis Current Health Issues Conclusion. Micronesia. Pohnpei. Third-world country Two hours to go all the way around Part of the Federated States of Micronesia
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Pohnpei and Palau Diet and Culture By Kaeli Larsen
Overview • History • Family and Religion • Meal Time • Diet Analysis • Current Health Issues • Conclusion
Pohnpei • Third-world country • Two hours to go all the way around • Part of the Federated States of Micronesia • Kosrae, Chuuk, and Yap • Use our currency • Five municipalities • Each has a king and chief s • Kava (Kittler 2008)
History of Palau • Legend story of Uab • First recording of Palau in 1783 (Clark 2007) • Became their own country on October 1, 1994. • Two times the size of Washington, DC (CIA 2007) • Government employs most of the population • Matriarchal system
Family and Religion • Very close knit with families • Embarrassing to show affection • Love to share stories after eating • Either Protestant or Roman Catholic (CIA 2007). • Steep rivals
Native Foods • Taro root • Yams • Breadfruit • Coconuts • Chicken? • Kava • Avocados • Star fruit • Pineapples • Sour sop • Mango
Imported Foods • Rice • Flour • Sugar • Refined foods • Fatty meats (Englberger 2005) • Canned foods
Meal Time • Typically three meals a day, dinner being the largest • Food is important “put the rice on” • Open Conversations • Palau • Plates • Be served • Pohnpei • Sit on floor • Serve yourself on leaves
Meal Time • Typical foods eaten • Rice • Tuna • Donuts • Chicken • Spam • Noodles • Fish • Soup (beef and vegetable) • Taro • Breadfruit • Yams • Coconut and the milk • Corn beef hash • Snacks • Fruit, donuts, Kool-Aid, baked goods, candies
Diet Analysis • Female, 25 years old, weighs 145 pounds, low active • Breakfast • Tuna fish, rice • Lunch • Rice, chicken, coconut milk • Dinner • Rice, soy sauce, breadfruit, fish, taro • Snacks • Rice, star fruit, mangos, plain donuts, Kool-Aid packet
Diet Analysis Concerns • Below 50% • Calcium – 28% • Omega’s 3 and 6 • Vit. E • Vit. D - Zero • Above 100% • Protein – 200% • Thiamin • Niacin – 213% • Vit’s B6 and 12 • Folate • Vit. C • Iron • Magnesium • Zinc
Current Health Issues • Deficiency in Vitamin A • Anemia in children (Englberger 2005) • Obesity • Diabetes • High Blood Pressure (Labarthe 2009) • Cancer (Ichiho 2004) • Cervix, breast, liver, and lung
Conclusion • Very rich history • Family oriented • Local foods eaten by elderly • Accessibility to American foods causing damage to health in younger generations
References • Labarthe, D., Reed, D., Brody, J., Stallones, R (2009). Health effects of modernization in palau. American Journal of Epidemiology; 98, 161-174 • Ichiho, HM, Wong, V, Hedson, J., David, WJ (2004). Cancer in pohnpei state, federated states of micronesia; Pubmed.gov. 11. • Englberger, L., et al (2005). An ngo approach for addressing the nutrition dilemma: pohnpei focuses on awareness, food analysis, conservation, and food processing. Pacific Health Surveillance and Response; 12, 2. • Clark, G (2007). Culture contact in the palau islands, 1783. Journal of Pacific History; 89-97.
References • CIA (2008). CIA – the world fact book – palau. CIA World Fact Book; 1 • Kittler, P., Sucher, K (2008). Food and culture. Belmont: Thomson Wadsworth; 396-397.