Prime Minister nke Tonga Akilisi Pohiva akpọkuola ndị isi ala ibe ya na Pacific ka ha wedata ala iji setịpụ ezi ihe nlereanya maka ndị bi na mpaghara ahụ na-emebi emebi. Ọ tụrụ aro ka ha nwee ike guzobe asọmpi mbelata ibu.
Pacific bụ ebe obibi nke oke oke ibu na ọrịa na-anaghị agbasa n'ụwa, Pohliva tụkwara aro ime asọmpi ahụ akụkụ nke Pacific Islands Forum, nzukọ kwa afọ nke steeti nọọrọ onwe ya na Oke Osimiri Pasifik. Onye ndu Tongan tụrụ aro ka a tụọ onye ndu ọ bụla n’ọgbakọ nke afọ a tupu ya alọghachi n’afọ na-esote maka ịtụba ọzọ.
A kọrọ na Pohiva, onye bụbu onye nkụzi ụlọ akwụkwọ, gwara The Samoa Observer, sị: "Ọ bụghị maka onye na-atụfu kilos kacha ukwuu, mana ka i wee gbapụ ibu ahụ, ị ga-erirịrị nri ọkụ na inwe echiche ahụike ahụ ga-aga nke ọma." "Ozugbo ndị isi na-eme mgbanwe n'echiche ahụ, ha ga-ekpebisi ike ime ka ndị ha nwee otu akụkụ wee si ebe ahụ pụọ."
Dị ka Òtù Ahụ́ Ike Ụwa si kwuo, a na-ewere otu onye n’ime ụmụaka ise na ndị nọ n’afọ iri na ụma na mba 10 dị na Pacific dị ka ibu, ebe nnyocha ụfọdụ na-egosi na pasent 40 ruo 70 nke ụmụaka buru oké ibu ga-aghọ okenye buru ibu. WHO na-ekwu na oke oke ibu na mpaghara ahụ bụ n'ihi iji nri ndị ebubata, nke edoziri dochie nri ọdịnala.
In Nauru, 61 percent of adults are obese. On the Cook Islands, the figure is 56 percent. Globally, around 12 percent of adults are classed as obese. The high rates of obesity in region has led life expectancy to drop while cases of diabetes and cardiovascular disease have risen.
Pohiva kwuru na ọ na-ewute ya na mmetụta adịghị mma nke atụmatụ ndị a na-agbalị ugbu a iji dozie okwu ahụ na Pacific ma kwuo na ya nwere olile anya na asọmpi mbelata ibu nwere ike ịtọ ezi ihe nlereanya maka ndị mmadụ ịgbaso.
"Ọrịa na-adịghị efe efe [ọnụego] na oke oke ụmụaka nwere ihe niile metụtara ụzọ anyị si eri nri na ụzọ ndụ anyị na ọ bụ ihe mgbagwoju anya mgbe ọ na-abịakwute ndị Pacific anyị," ka o kwuru.
"Na ndị isi agwaetiti Pacific, anyị na-ezute ma na-ekwurịta okwu ma na-ekwurịta banyere okwu a, ma atụmatụ ndị a na-eme n'okwu a adịghị enwe mmetụta ... Anyị na-akwado otu okwu ahụ kemgbe ọtụtụ afọ ma ọ dị ka ọ naghị arụ ọrụ."
