Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 by Ng, M, Fleming, T, Robinson, M, Thomson, B, Graetz, N, Margono, C, Mullany, E, Biryukov, S, Abbafati, C, Abera, S, Abraham, J, Abu-Rmeileh, N, Achoki, T, Albuhairan, F, Alemu, Z, Alfonso, R, Ali, M, Ali, R, Guzman, N, Ammar, W, Anwari, P, Banerjee, A, Barquera, S, Basu, S, Bennett, D

“…In adults, estimated prevalence of obesity exceeded 50% in men in Tonga and in women in Kuwait, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Libya, Qatar, Tonga, and Samoa. Since 2006, the increase in adult obesity in developed countries has slowed down. …”

Systemic functional linguistics of eastern and western leaders' reaction towards trump's decision of recognizing Jerusalem as Israel Capital by Abdulameer, Ali Hussein

“…The results showed that all eastern social actors were against Trump's decision, whereas some Western social actors supported the decision, such as Israel, Guatemala, Honduras, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, and Togo. However, other western social actors were against the decision. …”
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Genome-Wide Association Studies in an Isolated Founder Population from the Pacific Island of Kosrae by Lowe, Jennifer K., Maller, Julian B., Pe'er, Itsik, Neale, Benjamin M., Salit, Jacqueline, Kenny, Eimear E., Shea, Jessica L., Burkhardt, Ralph, Smith, J. Gustav, Ji, Weizhen, Noel, Martha, Foo, Jia Nee, Blundell, Maude L., Skilling, Vita, Garcia, Laura, Sullivan, Marcia L., Lee, Heather E., Labek, Anna, Ferdowsian, Hope, Auerbach, Steven B., Lifton, Richard P., Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Breslow, Jan L., Stoffel, Markus, Daly, Mark J., Altshuler, David, Friedman, Jeffrey M.

“…A strong founder effect, severe isolation, and substantial inbreeding have dramatically reduced genetic diversity in natives from the island of Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia, who exhibit a high prevalence of obesity and other metabolic disorders. …”
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Enhancing cooperative responses by regional fisheries management organisations to climate-driven redistribution of tropical Pacific tuna stocks by Camille Goodman, Ruth Davis, Kamal Azmi, Johann Bell, Johann Bell, Grantly R. Galland, Eric Gilman, Bianca Haas, Quentin Hanich, Patrick Lehodey, Lara Manarangi-Trott, Simon Nicol, Simon Nicol, Pablo Obregon, Graham Pilling, Inna Senina, Katherine Seto, Martin Tsamenyi, Martin Tsamenyi

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Coral-based proxy calibrations constrain ENSO-driven sea surface temperature and salinity gradients in the Western Pacific Warm Pool by Mohtar, Ahmed T., Hughen, Konrad A., Goodkin, Nathalie F., Streanga, lulia-Madalina, Ramos, Riovie D., Samanta, Dhrubajyoti, Cervino, James, Switzer, Adam D.

“…To characterize the spatiotemporal variability of the WPWP and ENSO during the past three decades, we analyzed climate proxies using coral cores sampled from Porites spp. from Kosrae Island (KOS) and Woleai Atoll (WOL) in the Federated States of Micronesia. Coral skeleton samples drilled along the major growth axis were analyzed for oxygen isotopes (δ18Oc) and trace element ratios (Sr/Ca), used to reconstruct sea surface salinity and temperature (SSS and SST). …”
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Diversity in marine protected area regulations: Protection approaches for locally appropriate marine management by Dominic A. Andradi-Brown, Laura Veverka, Amkieltiela, Amkieltiela, Amkieltiela, Nicole L. Crane, Nicole L. Crane, Estradivari, Estradivari, Estradivari, Helen E. Fox, David Gill, Jordan Goetze, Jordan Goetze, Charlotte Gough, Nils C. Krueck, Sarah E. Lester, Shauna L. Mahajan, John Rulmal, Marianne Teoh, Gabby N. Ahmadia

“…Here we use a global dataset of 172 MPAs (representing 31 nations) alongside nine detailed case study MPAs (from Australia, Belize, Cambodia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Indonesia, Madagascar, Solomon Islands, and United States of America), including partially protected areas that allow regulated fishing, to illustrate the many diverse pathways that some MPAs have adopted to protect biodiversity and safeguard the rights and well-being of resource-dependent coastal communities. …”
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