Scoping review protocol of multicomponent interventions to address cardiometabolic disease risk among Pacific Islander children. by Courtney C Choy, Kate Nyhan, Kima Savusa, Christina Soti-Ulberg, Rochelle K Rosen, Take Naseri, Nicola L Hawley, Mona Sharifi

“…Synthesis of existing multicomponent interventions for Pacific Islander children will help to identify best practices that could be replicated, adapted, or combined.…”
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Correlates of daytime sleepiness and insomnia among adults in Samoa by Lacey W. Heinsberg, Jenna C. Carlson, Alysa Pomer, Brian E. Cade, Take Naseri, Muagututia Sefuiva Reupena, Daniel E. Weeks, Stephen T. McGarvey, Susan Redline, Nicola L. Hawley

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Body size and composition of Samoan toddlers aged 18–25 months in 2019 by Sakurako Oyama, Rachel L. Duckham, Kendall J. Arslanian, Erin E. Kershaw, Joshua A. Strayer, Ulai T. Fidow, Take Naseri, Nicola L. Hawley

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Estimated Dietary Bisphenol-A Exposure and Adiposity in Samoan Mothers and Children by Lacey W. Heinsberg, Christina N.N. Bui, Jennifer C. Hartle, Susan M. Sereika, Courtney C. Choy, Dongqing Wang, Christina Soti-Ulberg, Take Naseri, Muagututia Sefuiva Reupena, Rachel L. Duckham, Jennifer J. Park, Nicola L. Hawley, Nicole C. Deziel

“…The Pacific Island nation of Samoa is marked by prevalent obesity and an increasing dependence on packaged foods likely to contain the endocrine disruptor bisphenol-A (BPA). …”
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Tobacco smoking trends in Samoa over four decades: can continued globalization rectify that which it has wrought? by Christine Linhart, Take Naseri, Sophia Lin, Richard Taylor, Stephen Morrell, Stephen T McGarvey, Dianna J Magliano, Paul Zimmet

“…Colonial globalization facilitated the introduction and prolific spread of tobacco trade and consumption in the Pacific Islands from the sixteenth century, with many populations inexorably pulled into trade relations and links to the global economy. …”
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