AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoObesity & Chronic Disease: New local health figures show obesity in French Polynesia has climbed sharply, with adult obesity rising from 40% (2010) to 51% (2021) and nearly 1 in 4 adolescents obese by 2024; conditions linked to obesity are also increasing, including high blood pressure (35.5%), diabetes (12.2%), and gout (14.5%), alongside a steep rise in diabetes-related deaths and growing chronic kidney disease. Healthcare Costs (France): France is scaling back a plan that would have made patients pay more for care, adjusting the “franchises médicales” cap so the increase is lower than first proposed, after patient groups and unions warned the original jump would hit vulnerable people hardest. Deep-Sea Mining (Regional Health Risks): Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) is taking Cook Islands concerns about deep-seabed mining to the International Seabed Authority, opposing a U.S. company’s bid for an exploration licence in an area surrounded by Cook Islands, Kiribati, and French Polynesia.
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