Health Notes

The following articles were published in The Kaselehlie Press under the "Health Notes" column. Click on the headline to read the article.

BANANA

• Micronesia highlighted in the Eden Project Banana Exhibit
• Workshop Focuses on Banana and Pandanus Products
• Sokehs Powe Students Study Pohnpei Bananas
• Karat is Proclaimed the State Banana of Pohnpei
• Seinwar Students Visit Pohnpei Banana Collection
• Many Local Bananas are Vitamin A-rich
• How Many Bananas Do you Know?
• Karat Banana Claims International Attention!
• Pohnpei Banana Market Study Presents Baseline Data
• Bingo Game Teaches Students About Pohnpei Bananas
• Unique New FSM Postal Stamps Feature Karat
• Scientific Paper Names Karat a Shining Star
• Taiwang Banana is Given Due Respect
• Taiwang is the Governor's Favorite Banana!
• Seinwar Students Study Pohnpei Bananas
• New Poster Catches Attention: Pohnpei Bananas
• Rare Pohnpei Bananas are Collected and Shared
• Seinwar Students Cook with Taiwang and Karat
• Seinwar Students Learn How to Plant Bananas

BREADFRUIT

• International Symposium Stresses the Potential of Breadfruit
• Antioxidants and Lutein in Pohnpei Breadfruit
• Mand Community Makes Mar Together
• Breadfruit provides health benefits!
• Involving the Family in Breadfruit Recipes
• Another Great Breadfruit Recipe: Piapalsod
• Breadfruit a disappearing staple?
• Preserved Breadfruit Mahr, A Local Delicacy

COCONUT

• Coconut, the Tree of Life
• Eating Coconut Helps You to Stay Healthy
• Exciting Coconut Recipes from Mand

FISH

• Fish is a Delicious and Nutritious Meal for the Family
• Local Fish Liver - Vitamin A-rich and Safe

TARO

• FAO of the United Nations highlights potential benefits of Micronesian taro in a press release
• Taro is More Than "Just Starch"
• Pingelap Taro Documented, Collected, and Promoted
• Mortlocks Taro Documented, Collected, and Promoted
• High Zinc Content in Giant Swamp Taro
• Phytate and Zinc in Local Taro
• Pohnpei Taro Study Documents the Differences
• Mwoakilloa Provides Planting Material to Pohnpei

YAM

• Pohnpei Farmers Discuss Yam Disease

OTHER FOODS

• Pandanus, The Divine Tree
• Colorful New Poster Presents Findings on 11 Pohnpei Pandanus Varieties
• Apuch Fruit: A Vitamin A-Rich Food of the Atolls
• Growing Green Leafy Vegetables is Easy …and Fun!
• How to Build Your Own Charcoal Oven

IFCP ACTIVITIES

• Pingelap Green Day and Go Local
• Nukuoro Softball Teams Promote "GO LOCAL!"
• Pohnpei Work Highlighted in Regional Banana and Plant Genetic Resources Meetings
• Pohnpei Farmers focuses on the Right to Food!
• Island Food Presents in PNG Video Seminar
• Island Foods are Showcased at President's Inauguration
• Pohnpei Student Wins in International "Nutrition for Health" Drawing Contest
• Let's Go Local High School Club teaches on healthy island foods
• Lukop Youth to Youth Plant Rare Bananas
• CSP and Environmental Club Summer Camp Study Island Foods
• Going Yellow Video Now Available to Rent
• CSP and Environmental Club Summer Camp Study Island Foods
• Pohnpei is Featured on Indigenous Food Poster Series
• Art Competition Promotes Local Food
• Pacific Way Comes to Pohnpei!
• Pohnpei Farmers' Agriculture Training Course
• Sight and Life Visits Pohnpei for Filming about Nutrition
• Pohnpei Farmer's Fair a Success
• Upward Bound Students Study Health and Nutrition
• Teachers Learn about Yellow Varieties and Nutrition
• GO LOCAL signs promote healthy island food!
• New video promotes yellow-fleshed foods and health
• Workshop Focuses on Making Money With Food
• New IFCP Website Focuses on Awareness!!
• Island Food Community of Pohnpei Plans its Projects
• Pohnpei Nutrition Survey Looks at Foods and Health
• Role of Food in Pohnpei Culture

MAND PROJECTS - Promotion of Local Foods

• Locally Grown Foods Used in New Recipes
• Smokeless Charcoal Ovens Make Baking More Convenient and Protect the Environment
• Counseling Conducted in Mand on Nutrition and Health
• Traditional Recipes Shared in Mand
• Great Diversity Found of Pohnpei Local Foods
• Pohnpei Survey Results Indicate Poor Dental Health
• Mand Study Shows Serious Problems of Diabetes
• Ropirop En Mand Kadierekada Soumwahu En Suke Tohto
• Mand Home Makers Complete EFNEP Program Training
• Mand Village Receives Training in Farming Techniques
• Survey Indicates High Consumption of Imported Foods
• Seminar Held on the Traditional Food System of Pohnpei
• Pohnpei: Twelfth Case Study in Global Health Project
• Mand Drama Club Performs
• Women of Mand Share Traditional Recipes
• Mand Community Delves into Documenting its Foods
• Pohnpei Team Attends Global Health Meeting in Montreal
• Indigenous Peoples Group CINE Visits Pohnpei

WORLD FOOD DAY

• Pohnpei World Food Day Agricultural Fair was a Success
• Pohnpei World Food Day Shows Growing Interest
• World Food Day 2007
• World Food Day 2006
• World Food Day 2005
• World Food Day 2004

IMPORTANT LIFESTYLE

• What is Diabetes and What to Do About It
• Lieutenant Governor Shifts to Local Food
• Trans Fat, the Bad Fat
• How Can We Avoid a Heart Attack?

BREASTFEEDING

• Kesempwalpen Seri kan me kin Tungoale Dihdi rehn Nohno Kan
• Breastfeeding Makes a Difference
• Breastfeeding Club Opens in Mand
• Breastfeeding and Family Foods
• Exclusive Breastfeeding is the Best …but what is it?

SMALL-SCALE FOOD PROCESSING

• Food Processing Steering Committee Formed
• Food Scientist Proclaims Potential for Pohnpei Food Products