AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoChronic Disease Watch: French Polynesia’s obesity problem is worsening fast, with new local health figures showing adult obesity rising from 40% (2010) to 51% (2021), plus nearly one in four adolescents obese by 2024; obesity-linked conditions are also climbing, including high blood pressure (35.5%), gout (14.5%) and diabetes (12.2%), while diabetes-related deaths have surged to 32 per 100,000 (2021) and chronic kidney disease rose from 4.5 per 1,000 (2010) to 14 per 1,000 (2024). Deep-Sea Health & Governance: Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) is taking deep-seabed mining concerns to the International Seabed Authority, opposing a U.S. company’s push for an exploration licence tied to the South Penrhyn Basin—an area surrounded by the maritime borders of Cook Islands, Kiribati and French Polynesia. Public Health Misinformation: A fact-check is circulating online after Hayden Panettiere’s death, addressing viral claims that she died from a COVID-19 vaccine; the report says there’s zero evidence linking the death to any vaccine.
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