Anecdotal Evidence of Adult Body Shape in Kosrae prior to 1970

Duperrey 1824

Three Kosraen men 1824

Kosraen Women 1824

Village View 1824

Lutke 1827

Lutke 1827 Group Image

German Era: Fengal, Kosrae, circa 1900

Pastor Likiaksa circa 1900: Long, strong lives

German era photo: Circa 1900

September, 1945

Children in 1945: Healthy Looking

1953

Building the Malem School, 1963

Women of 1963: Well built, but not overweight

Men of Tafunsak 1963

Young women in 1977

Conclusion

• Kosraens may be wired to eat…• But they are not wired to be

overweight• Whether you are a lion or a

gazelle, when the sun comes up you had better be running!

Presentation Points

• To present or not to present?• Keep text short and simple• Bullets to highlight key ideas• Do not get distracted with fancy

designs• Avoid fancy fonts• Check font/background contrast

Necessary Text Block?

If you must have a block of text, then leave the text on the screen long enough for everyone to read the text.

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed.

Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows that it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it

will starve.It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle

when the sun comes up you'd better be running.

More presentation points

• Avoid secondary programs if possible: integrate material into presentation

• Avoid auto-timed slides, keep manual control

• Do charts in Excel, paste them in!

Acknowledgements

• http://libweb.hawaii.edu/digicoll/ttp/ttp_htms/2730.html• http://www.micsem.org/photos.htm• http://www.desausa.org/kusaie_photo_gallery.htm• http://www.brunias.com/pacific-carolines.html