Editing Tonga (section)

=== Health ===
{{Main|Health in Tonga}}

By some published surveys, Tonga has one of the highest obesity rates in the world.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Watson|first1=Katy|title=How mutton flaps are killing Tonga|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35346493|access-date=25 February 2016|work=BBC News Online|date=18 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305022251/http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35346493|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[World Health Organization]] data published in 2014 indicate that Tonga stands fourth overall in terms of [[List of countries by Body Mass Index (BMI)|countries listed by mean body mass index data]]. In 2011, 90% of the adult population were considered overweight using NIH interpretation of body mass index (BMI) data, with more than 60% of those [[obesity|obese]].<ref>Sands, Neil (10 April 2011) [http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20110410-330400/Pacific-nations-battle-obesity-epidemic "Pacific island nations battle obesity epidemic"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218082637/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20110410-330400/Pacific-nations-battle-obesity-epidemic |date=18 December 2013 }}, Agence France-Presse.</ref> 70% of Tongan females aged 15–85 are obese. Tonga and [[Nauru]] have the world's highest overweight and obese populations.<ref>Mark Henderson (18 February 2008) [https://www.thetimes.com/travel/advice/welcome-to-the-town-that-will-make-you-lose-weight-x9d820w37v5 Welcome to the town that will make you lose weight] . ''Times Online''. www.timesonline.co.uk</ref>

In late October 2021, Tonga reported its first case of [[COVID-19]] based on a New Zealand air passenger's positive test.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Mark |title=Tonga reports its first-ever COVID-19 case |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/10/29/1050530740/tonga-first-covid-19-case |website=NPR |date=29 October 2021 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=29 October 2021 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029174122/https://www.npr.org/2021/10/29/1050530740/tonga-first-covid-19-case |url-status=live }}</ref>