In recognition of World Obesity Day, commemorated on March 4, the Barbados Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition (BCOP) shared a letter of commendation to the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training for the February 15 launch of the National School Nutrition Policy. On hand to receive the letter from Dr Kia Lewis, Chairperson of the Barbados Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition,
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By Marlon Madden
One of the island’s leading epidemiology researchers is warning that unless firm actions are taken now Barbados faces an uphill battle reducing incidence of obesity, much less stopping it.
This caution has come from Dr Natasha Sobers, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus, who suggested that the increased tax on
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