Hon. Minister Julius Timothy, Minister of Health said, “statistic shows that 33 percent of men are over weight or obese, 66 percent of women are over weight or obese, and 11 percent of children are over weight or obese.
With this in mind the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Youth and Sports are collaborating with the St Paul and St Ann’s Parish to launch what is be dubbed, “Nipping Obesity at the Roots!” programme.
This event will be held at the Massacre/Canefield School, which hails the Dominica Hula Hoop Champions (the Etienne Sisters), and will be staged on Friday 16 September, 2011. During which 500 collapsible Hula Hoops will be distributed to schools in Dominica.
Preceding the launching will be a gathering of Primary School Sports Teachers at the Public Training Centre, where their annual planning meeting will be held.
The main Speakers at this “NIPPING OBESITY AT THE ROOTS” launching will be the Minister of Health, Hon Julius Timothy, Mr. Andy Burkard, Health Sports Consulter at the Youth and Sports Division, and the Principal of the Massacre/Canefield School, Mrs. Cynthia Cuffy-Morvan, among others.
It is hope that through this programme one and all will become more aware of the need to take greater responsibility for one’s health.
At the consultation held (8-9 Sept) in preparation for a 19 – 20 meeting in Trinidad, on Chronic Non Communicable Diseases (CNCDs) it was suggested that a tax levy should be place on Sugar and Soft Drinks to help deal or cope with the high medical treatment of those with CNCDs. LET THE DEBATE BEGIN! What is your opinion?
PEOPLE DIE ONCE EAT WHAT EVER YOU WANT TO.EVEN THOUGH YOU KEEP AWAY FROM CERTAIN FOODS ,SOME THING BAD STILL KNOCKS AROUND THE CORNER.A LADY NAMED JEANNE CALMANT IN FRANCE STARTED SMOKING AT 16 YRS, SHE DIED AT 125 YRS ,SHE SMOKES 6 PACKETS PER DAY AND SOME WHISKY EVERY DAY …SO WHAT …YOU HAVE 1 LIFE TO LIVE.
go tell that to all the people struggling to breath from long disease and the diabetics who who lost their eyesight..limbs…and use of their kidney…every day is agony
Before we walk, swim and was more active. Now we sit at the computer, watch TV and eat a lot of process foods.
Lack of physical activity is killing our people.
when I went to elementary school in Wesley, there were three “Fat” kids. Fast forward 30 years and “fat” kids are the norm. We cannot say is the fast food, after all its not that common. In-fact we ate lots off cake, tablets, frozen joys and bread & butter growing up.Yes some serving have gotten bigger, but, the major difference is the lack off activity. Kids do not play outside anymore. In-fact you do not see children outside anymore. They are too busy on the internet, TV and computer games.
maybe there were 3 overly obese kids…but there were a lot of fat people….stop fooling yourself…or else you not form my country Dominica…west indies
Boy that belly “Cute”
and noooooooooo people its not the fast food out lets that’s causing this….Dominicans eat in bowls…very larrrrrrrrrrrge portions…my father ate from a Pyrex bowl… complex carbohydrate is good..but too much of it is bad… i still struggle from eating too much because that is how my stomach has been trained.
and eat less fried foods.eat more green leafy vegetables
I used to eat in a pryex dish too back in the days. Nothing beats a large bowl of cow-foot soup with dumplings, irish, peas, carrotts and yams. That was back then. Today, I try to stick to 500 calories per meal daily, with a helping of fruits, vegetable and water.
Well, although you are right about portion size, fast food is not a factor to ignore. While the relatively high prices may deter return buyers from going to KFC, people are still there; and other little snacks that add to the waistline, like Jamaican patties (if made the wrong way), fried chicken, tamarind balls, etc.–all of these are readily available along Roseau and throughout the island at usually affordable prices. None of these are necessarily very bad for you, except maybe the tamarind balls, but cheap preparation methods, overuse of butters and oils, etc. turns them into caloric disasters.
I will say that since some people do significant walks in Dominica, though, they keep off that weight, which is similar to what people often do in Europe. Walking long distances at a brisk pace is a fair exercise, and while it cannot justify one consuming vast quantities of high-calorie food, it can increase your metabolism so that you digest those calories at a faster rate, thus spurring on less weight gain and more weight loss as your muscles develop. If more people walked more, this alone might be a big help.
Fast food is creeping into the dominican culture K.F.C. ecetra, eat more braf, and lots of fish, and live life, much love.