 In addition to this, children have a wide range of opportunities offered to them outside of a formal education, which include cultural expression and recreational activities.Generally the children are quite healthy, the Palauan children have a low prevalence of children who are unweight and there is no evidence to suggest that there is any food poverty.However, the diet of the Palauan people is poor and contributes to malnutrition and a high incidence of children being overweight.