Trends in food supply, diet, and the risk of non-communicable diseases in three Small Island Developing States: implications for policy and research by Cassandra Halliday, Karyn Morrissey, Arlette Saint Ville, Cornelia Guell, Eden Augustus, Leonor Guariguata, Viliamu Iese, Viliamu Iese, Gordon Hickey, Madhuvanti M. Murphy, Emily Haynes, Roberts Pierre Tescar, Predner Duvivier, Nigel Unwin, Nigel Unwin

“…Our objective was to examine trends in food availability, imports, local production, and risks of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in three SIDS: Haiti, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and Fiji.MethodsData on food availability, imports, exports, and production was extracted from the Food and Agriculture Organization Database (FAOSTAT), and on overweight, obesity and diabetes prevalence from the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration database (NCD-RisC) from 1980 to 2018. …”
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Food Sources and Dietary Quality in Small Island Developing States: Development of Methods and Policy Relevant Novel Survey Data from the Pacific and Caribbean by Emily Haynes, Divya Bhagtani, Viliamu Iese, Catherine R. Brown, Jioje Fesaitu, Ian Hambleton, Neela Badrie, Florian Kroll, Cornelia Guell, Anna Brugulat-Panes, Arlette Saint Ville, Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon, Louise Foley, Thelma Alafia Samuels, Morgan Wairiu, Nita G. Forouhi, Nigel Unwin, on behalf of the Community Food and Health (CFaH) Team

“…Our aim in this study was to develop methods and collect preliminary data on the relationships between where people source their food, their socio-demographic characteristics and dietary quality in Fiji and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) in order to inform further work towards this policy goal. …”
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