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The Food Programme

How has a small island become the nation with the highest rate of obesity?

The Food Programme

BBC

Arts, Food

4.4943 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Sheila Dillon investigates what we can learn about food and public health from the extreme case of Nauru. It’s the world’s smallest republic yet has the highest rate of obesity.

Transcript

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0:38.0

Now, Roo, ever heard of it?

0:41.0

Well, in this edition of the Food Program, we go to a South Sea island, a dream of paradise,

0:47.0

though in this case, not quite. But it's an island that through its struggles could teach us all something we need to learn fast about obesity. Ogek, Aeu, Aeu, Kiye, Kiye, Kiye.

1:06.6

Coconut fish, the children chant, a traditional meal on the tiny Pacific island of Nauru. a and kiwiwi. In English it's a coconut fish. It's a fish marinated with coconut oil and

1:26.8

lime with onion on it.

1:28.7

Fish, coconut, lime sounds good. I'm Sheila Dylan and in today's food program we're going to the

1:35.0

tiniest island in Micronesia, Nauru, the world's smallest republic, with some

1:41.4

very big health problems.

1:44.0

A small island but her people are big, very big.

1:48.0

Nauru is the fattest country on earth.

1:52.0

An obesity crisis among specific islands.

1:55.4

Nauru's become an object of fascination with articles and online videos commenting on the

2:01.0

so-called country that et itself.

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