
%0 Journal Article
%A Devi, Riteshma 
%A Maharaj, Prayna P. P. 
%A Prasad, Surendra 
%T Comparative investigation of body mass index of tertiary students of the South Pacific origin
%J The South Pacific Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences
%D 2018/10/23
%V 36
%N 1
%P 18-26
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/SP18003
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/SP18003 
%X The body mass index (BMI) trends in the South Pacific Island Countries (PICs) have been analysed. Five South Pacific countries, namely; Fiji, Tonga, Nauru, Kiribati and Solomon Islands have been analysed based on the population that have stayed in Fiji at some point (mean age 25.20&#xb1;5.27). Standard BMI threshold defined as underweight (0.001) but variation was seen among the PICs (p 
