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Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) continues its fight against obesity and promotion of health lifestyles for both children and adults. On the eve of World Obesity Day, a media statement highlights statistics indicating that six Caribbean countries fall into the top ten list when projecting 2030 child obesity rates (5-19 years), with Barbados and Jamaica at 22 per cent, Bahamas at 23 per cent and Bermuda at 24 per cent, exceeded …

Caribbean Health Professionals, Regional Organisations Support Front of Package Warning Labels Share this post: Some 300 Caribbean health professionals and over 40 regional organisations have publicly voiced support for octagonal front of package warning labels to help consumers across the region protect their health. The health professionals and organisations are signatories to a month-long campaign, spearheaded by the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC), to demonstrate national and regional sup...

The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados (HSF) said it was one of 16 local organisations that have signed on to the campaign that will determined whether Caribbean consumers will benefit from the introduction of octagonal-shaped nutrition warning labels on the front of packaged foods. The HSF said about 300 regional organisations, academics, researchers and health practitioners have so far voiced their support for CARICOM’s adoption of the front of …