Low health-related quality of life in school-aged children in Tonga, a lower-middle income country in the South Pacific

Solveig PetersenDeakin Health EconomicsFaculty of Health, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia;WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity PreventionFaculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia;Child and Adolescent PsychiatryDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;Epidemiology and Global HealthDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]

Boyd SwinburnWHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity PreventionFaculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia;School of Population HealthFaculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Helen MavoaWHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity PreventionFaculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Kalesita FotuFiji School of MedicineCollege of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Fiji National University, Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Caroline Tupoulahi-FusimalohiResearch and InformationDivision of Economic Development, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Suva, Fiji

Gavin FaeamaniSchool of Population HealthFaculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Marjory MoodieDeakin Health EconomicsFaculty of Health, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia

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