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Temple University professor Charles Weitz talks with colleagues during the Modernization and Health in the Asia-Pacific Region Conference hosted by the University of Hawaii at Hilo on Aug. 19 at the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center. The international conference featured presentations about the health effects of modernization in the Pacific and Asian regions, including Vanuatu, Samoa, Hawaii and Micronesia. It was co-sponsored by the Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology and the international Human Biology Association.

Temple University professor Charles Weitz talks with colleagues during the Modernization and Health in the Asia-Pacific Region Conference hosted by the University of Hawaii at Hilo on Aug. 19 at the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center. The international conference featured presentations about the health effects of modernization in the Pacific and Asian regions, including Vanuatu, Samoa, Hawaii and Micronesia. It was co-sponsored by the Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology and the international Human Biology Association.

HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald