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. 2016 Mar 21;3(1):140–157. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2016.1.140

Table 1. Geographic Location and Description of Jurisdictions in the US Affiliated Pacific Region Participating in the Children's Healthy Living Program Childhood Obesity Prevalence Survey.

Geographic Location Jurisdiction Description [42]
graphic file with name publichealth-03-01-140-g001.jpg Alaska. US state located in the northwest of the North American continent in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.
American Samoa. Territory of the US consisting of five main islands and two coral atolls located in the South Pacific Ocean.
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. US commonwealth territory of 15 volcanic islands in the Western Pacific Ocean. Consists of three major inhabited islands Saipan, Tinian, and Rota.
Chuuk. State in the Federated States of Micronesia in the Western Pacific Ocean, consisting of seven main islands. In a Compact of Free Association with the US.
Guam. Territory of the US in the Western Pacific Ocean.
Hawai‘i. US state consisting of eight main islands in the Central Pacific Ocean.
Republic of Palau. Island country in the Western Pacific Ocean consisting of 500 islands. In a Compact of Free Association with the US.
Kosrae. Easternmost state of the Federated States of Micronesia in the Western Pacific Ocean. In a Compact of Free Association with the US.
Pohnpei. State in the Federated States of Micronesia in the Western Pacific Ocean. In a Compact of Free Association with the US.
Republic of the Marshall Islands. Island country consisting of 29 coral atolls and 1,156 individual islands and islets in the Western Pacific Ocean. In a Compact of Free Association with the US.
Yap. Westernmost state of the Federated States of Micronesia in the Western Pacific Ocean. In a Compact of Free Association with the US.