Malnutrition is a severe non-communicabledisease, which is prevalent in children from low-income countries.
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He said the numbers would keep climbing because Samoa had a huge, non-communicabledisease burden.
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The Pacific's non-communicabledisease epidemic is not due to poor lifestyle choices according to the Pacific Community.
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SPC Director-General Colin Tukuitonga said the region has some of the highest non-communicabledisease rates in the world.
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Nutrition also made it on to the agenda at this week's high-level summit on non-communicabledisease in New York.
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These include non-communicabledisease, climate change, sexual health and rights, employment and the empowerment of girls and young women.
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Background: Poor diet and lack of physical activity are strongly linked to non-communicabledisease risk, but modifying them is challenging.
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It is part of the South African National Department of Health's strategic plans to prevent and control non-communicabledisease, and obesity.
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Background: The increasing burdens of trauma and time sensitive non-communicabledisease in Addis Ababa necessitate a robust emergency medical care system.
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This study aimed to investigate the patterns of non-communicabledisease multimorbidity and their risk factors at the individual and aggregated level.
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The National Adviser on wellness and non-communicabledisease, Isimeli Tukana, said the figures were alarming and could deepen the current NCD crisis.
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The role of alcohol as a driver of the unfolding non-communicabledisease crisis has led to high-profile calls for better epidemiological data.
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A successful approach to reducing the burden of non-communicabledisease requires action at all stages of life, argue Bente Mikkelsen and colleagues
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But the field is under more pressure now with the emergence of diabetes eye disease off the back of a non-communicabledisease crisis.
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The Pacific Community (SPC) says a new multi-country, multi-sectoral approach is needed to try and rein in the region's non-communicabledisease crisis.
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The main discussion items were climate change financing, adaptation and mitigation; labor mobility, fighting non-communicabledisease, fisheries surveillance and revenues and transportation service agreements.