Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka noiʻi ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā mea inu ʻokoʻa e nā kānaka he 40-79 mau makahiki (ma laila he 27 tausani mau mea o ka poʻe i komo) me ka mōʻaukala o ka maʻi maʻi. Ua mālama ko kēlā me kēia mea i kāna papa mele, kahi i hōʻike ai i kāna meaʻai a me nā mea inu ma kēia lā 7 i hala. ʻO nā mea inu, ko kā lākou ʻano a me nā volumana i hōʻike nui ʻia. ʻO kaʻoi aku, ua hoʻomaopopo ʻia ka ʻike gula.I ka hopena, hoʻokaʻawale kēia mau mea ʻai meaʻai i nā mea ʻepekema e hana i ka loiloi a ʻike pono ʻia o ka meaʻai, a me ka loiloi i ka hopena o nā ʻano ʻokoʻa like ʻole o ke ʻano o nā mea inu i ke kino o ke kanaka. Eia kekahi, ua lilo i mea ʻo ia ke hopena inā e hoʻololi ʻoe i nā mea momona me ka wai, i kahi kīkē ʻole i kī ʻole a i ʻole paha.
Eia naʻe, ma hope o nā hopena i hōʻike ʻia i ka wā o ka hoʻokolohua, e noʻonoʻo ana i ka pāloi ʻana o ka nui o ke kino o ka mea maʻi, a, ʻoiai, me ko lākou ʻūhā pale, ua hopena ʻia he mea ʻole ka pilina ma waena o ka hopena o ka maʻi mellitus type II a me ka komo ʻana o ka inu ʻimi kuahiwi i ka meaʻai. Manaʻo nā ʻepekema i kēia hopena ke kū nei ka hopena ma muli o ka mea maʻamau e inu ai nā mea inu e nā poʻe i kau momona.
No laila, ua hiki i nā kānaka ʻepekema ke hoʻoholo i ka pae o ka hōʻemi i ka hopena o ka maʻi diabetes mellitus type II i ka hihia o ka loli ʻana o kekahi mau wai inu me ka wai, kīlei kī ʻole a kī ʻole paha. ʻO nā hua nā mea penei: ma ka hihia o ka hoʻopili hou ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā i nā mea ʻinu ʻawaʻawa, hōʻemi ʻia ka nui o ka 14%, a me ka waiū momona - e ka 20-25%.
