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(for immediate release – Sunday, March 2, 2008)
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Lt. Governor Ipulasi proclaims March “National Nutrition Month” |
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Lt. Gov Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia gives speaks at the National Nutrition Month church service at CCCAS Faga'alu on Sunday.
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Lt. Gov Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia and Mrs Elisapeta Sunia join Health Director Uto'ofili Asofa'afetai Maga and LBJ CEO Patricia Tindall at at the National Nutrition Month church service at CCCAS Faga'alu on Sunday. |
(UTULEI) – Lieutenant Governor Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia has proclaimed March as National Nutrition Month.
In a church service today at CCCAS Faga’alu to commemorate National Nutrition Month, Lieutenant Governor Ipulasi said food plays a central role in the Samoan culture.
“Our cultural and religious practices involve food. A gathering is not complete without food because we also show our love through food,” said Lieutenant Governor Ipulasi. “The best food is saved for the cultural and religious leaders and it is expected that the reward that we receive is from the blessings and the gratitude of those that receive the food that has been prepared and served.”
Lieutenant Governor Ipulasi said these are all fundamental practices that Samoans hold dear in the culture and it is a practice that should be encouraged, but, with changes.
“When it comes to food, let the foundation of our culture remain, but modify its practices,” said Lieutenant Governor Ipulasi. “The choice to eat healthy is ours to make. And we continue to struggle to make the choices of eating healthy. We have to be cautious of the food we buy. Nutritional eating begins at the store with the choices we make. And that choice is to eat healthy and eat smart.”
In attendance at the church service, included Mrs. Elisapeta Sunia, Director of Health Uto’ofili Asofa’afetai Maga, LBJ CEO Patricia Tindall, legislators and cabinet members. CCCAS Faga’alu Rev. Lalomauga Pa’au conducted the 90 minute service.
PROCLAMATION
NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH – March 2008
WHEREAS, food is the substance by which life is sustained; and
WHEREAS, the type, quality, and amount of food that individuals consume each day plays a vital role in their overall health and physical fitness; and
WHEREAS, there is a need for continuing nutrition education and a wide-scale effort to enhance good eating practices;
NOW THEREFORE, I, IPULASI AITOFELE T.F. SUNIA, Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa do hereby proclaim the month of March, 2008 as NATIONAL NUTRITION Month in American Samoa, and I encourage all citizens to join the campaign and become concerned about their nutrition and the nutrition of others in the hope of achieving optimum health for both today and tomorrow.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the Territory of American Samoa on this twenty-eighth day of February in the year of our Lord two-thousand and seven.
/s/ IPULASI AITOFELE T.F. SUNIA
Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa
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