by Public Relations | Mar 4, 2021 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) Open Letter to the Caribbean from the Caribbean Pediatricians, the Pediatric Association of Jamaica, and the Healthy Caribbean Coalition community including the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados (HSFB), Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), and...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Dec 7, 2020 | Top Stories
Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, in discussion with Yute Gym Director, Professor Ann St. John; and Yute Gym Coordinator, Teon Waithe, during a special visit to the Foundation and Yute Gym on Saturday. (GP) Minister of Maritime Affairs...
by Joy Springer | Aug 12, 2020 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) The Ministry of Health and Wellness continues to be concerned about the “subtle and not so subtle” marketing of unhealthy food to children. Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Arthur Phillips, said today that the development of chronic diseases such as diabetes...
by Nya Phillips | Dec 19, 2019 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) A steering committee is to be set up within the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to assist in the fight against childhood obesity and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs), while focusing on food security. Minister of Agriculture and Food...
by Sharon Austin | Oct 18, 2019 | banner, Top Stories
(Stock Photo) Barbados has made significant progress in combatting epidemics of childhood obesity and Non-Communicable Diseases through the development and implementation of a number of tools and strategies but there is still more work to be done. Word of this came...