Two-thirds of the females in the urban population of Dominica is obese.
That’s according to the results of a study which was conducted to determine the trans fatty acid content of common processed foods among people living in Dominica’s urban areas.
The study was done by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute and the findings were made public on Friday morning.
Dominica’s Chief Medical Officer, David Johnson, said the study has shown that the amount of trans fat consumed by the Dominican public is alarming.
“The finding of trans fatty acid on selected foods that we like to consume in Dominica, clearly indicate that we are consuming a high level of these trans fatty acids which are dangerous to our health,” he pointed out.
Trans fat adds hydrogen to liquid vegetable oils to make them more solid and according to National Epidemiologist,Dr Paul Ricketts, the consumption of trans fatty acids causes increase in coronary heart disease which leads to heart attacks.
He pointed out that other illnesses associated with the consumption of trans fatty acids include Alzheimer’s disease, cancer and diabetes.
High levels of trans fatty acids can be found mainly in fired or baked food. It is also produced naturally in beef, lamb and dairy.
Johnson noted that bread produced by various bakeries across the island were tested and was proven to have too much salt.
Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) representative, Dr Audrey Morris, warned the public that trans fat in any amount is not recommended. She indicated that although these foods may contain trans fat, it was not detected in three food samples; peanut butter, raisin bun and one bread sample
101 persons participated in the study. 51.5 percetnt of the participants were female and 48.5 were male, while the majority of them were from the 35 – 44 and 45 – 55 age groups.
24.7 percent had a normal body mass index, 39.8 percent were overweight and 35. 5 percent were obese. However, Dr Morris indicated that this is not a representative sample.
Paula Trotter, Jacqueline Prevost, Marynese Titre, Dr Paul Ricketts, Renelle Aaron-Morgan and Dr Audrey Morris made up the team.
Cooking oil, margarine, pre-packaged snacks including potato chips, pre-packaged popcorn and cheese sticks, biscuits and cookies, bread, pastries and fast foods including pizza, fries and fried chicken were the main foods studied during the survey.
The study was done between 2011 and 2012.
In 2011, a World Bank-funded study revealed that Dominica has the highest obesity prevalence in the Eastern Caribbean and in 2010 the island was ranked 11 of the 20 most obese countries on earth by the World Health Organization.
times gone by,it was cocoa tea, bush tea,roast plain,fish,bread,breadfruit,breadnut,figs, dasheen yams,local eggs,water;now is kfc;mcdo,imported juice,cocoala and more!another way for the medical poffesion to work!
It aint surprising. Ever standing in a queue at the supermarket and glance into the pushcarts? Pure koshoni! When mothers giving kids Chubby and Busta in their snack and lunch packs, what what do you expect? Everything for us Dominicans now is baked food with loads of cheese; lasagna, scalloped potatoes, Mac n cheese…these things have their time, some of us just don’t know how to consume with moderation! We are killing our own generations by the lifestyles we choose. SMH
They think they “thick”…. lmao Here’s a challenge:
80 jumping jacks
40 crunches
60 squats
70 leg lifts
20 bicycle crunches
Run for 10 mins
Take 2 breaks per week. Break up the exercise routine. Get off your fat butts and start working out!!!
some tymz is not dat d person is eatin alot is mayb the person had a slow meta-bloc rate so all does dat sayin bout kfc and eatin 2 much cheek all u self ………………………….n remember all the skinny woman only bogs go 4 bonz n real men go 4 meat okay
rubbish
stupes…stop deceiving yourself with that nonsense about what men go for. Persons who have slow metabolic rates are lazy, they should get active and speed up their metabolic rates. Two things that can be determined when you see a fat person, 1, that person is LAZY and 2, GREEDY.
Too much trans fat? Since before kfc every carnival i used to see those big carnival bands of huge fat women with fat spilling everywhere on the road. And in the rivers, always had huge topless women spread out on stones washing clothes. Urban what? Its not just the oil and margarine, its the huge plates of so called healthy, natural foods filled with STARCH. DASHEEN, TANIA, PLANTIAN, POTATO, SWEET POTATO, YAM, BREADFRUIT, CUSH CUSH, CASSAVA/FARINE, GREEN BANANA. When people wake up in the morning and the first thing they eating is piece of dasheen, what they expect? And when all you make your braf and put 10 pieces of food in one plate, what all you expect? i not saying to keep on eating the kfc, but those starchy foods have always had a lot to do with overweight people in DA
Not at all surprise, in my days, mid to late 70’s it was walk to mopo (garden) and walk down to lalay with the donkey carrying most of the load and your jola on your side with the mangoes and avocados you did not want to crush as you had plans for super and snack. Now if transport not going up to mopo, mopo wont be visited. Imagine, i see women going on transport to garden with a full head of curlers and cutex on their toe and fingernails. I know times have changed but heath remains the same PLEASE LOOK AFTER YOUR HEALTH. Lets get back the milk and honey and let us include more natural and less process foods in our diet and we only have one life.
Oh finally! It came out! people are actually coming to the fact that they are over weight/FAT! not thick.Too many of our women are decieved/are in denial!
Te’te’ on belly, boom boom unsexy, body like a gallon bottle but dressing like a model
While you made me laugh at your comment,
pray that you do not gain that much weight. Some people are born with a glandular problem. Others develop it as they grow older and some others develop it from eating too much, unhealthy foods, drinking pop, eating icecream, sugary and fattening products including not exercising as walking.
I would not do that. 
It is a real scandal. Of course it is a picture but it sends a message loud and care about obesity and its health hazards. It appears this is the same problem world-wide.
Another reason, as we grow older, if we are not as active as we were previously, we could gain weight. Weight gain is not always deliberate, eating too much and non-nutritious foods.
I have a health book with a worse picture. If only I could copy it and post it on DNO.
Because of the difference in bone density between blacks and whites the survey may not be accurate. However its plain to see that our people are just too FAT! The men not so big but their belly still huge,the woman they so fat their legs and butts full of celulite but they still wearing short and tight close, yuck!
U never see those that from walking they go straight to the bakery for bread.
hahahahaha true dat
Some how I find that survey missing in substance in that, when one raises such issues, which in Dominica`s case has become a national epidemic obesity is rampant in Dominica, with both men and women. What we should be doing is use our media houses more often to educate the population. Have massive workshops in our schools, at our Hospitals, clinics ect, We do have persons who are qualified to lecture on this subject, utilize them. I am aware it starts with self discipline and the onus is on the individual but we have those who are stronger than other and are able to resist all those junk foods we have become so accustom too. Some persons use their junk in their trunk as a badge of honor while some can hardly breath because they wearing all those tights under their clothe. Now their is so much wire on a Bra enough to tie a cow, so much fake hairs you think you are walking with a Horse, so much padding makes one think they are going to face Michael Holding and afraid to get bounced. There is no way for our cool welcoming Dominican breeze to keep the engine cool. Its a dam shame and we should call out those guilty of weighing down our resources. WE ARE WHAT WE EAT! OR DRINK.
dominica women in denial n dont want to accept the fact thet most of them are over weight or obese instead they claim to b thick n sexy when they hve a very huge belly preventing them from breathing…..wake up n accept the fact tht yall obese n stop calling all u self thick n sexy….and they claim that thts how their men love them but little d they know these same men leaving them to go oafter them sexy flat belly girls….stop fooling all u self women
Yes thank you for making that point. This is what i always say.so true!
I don’t find them sexy!!!
I find it disgusting actually
I have been noticing a trend last 20 years comming home.Women in dominica and other places think it’s sexy to be big.I do not have a problem with that but damn ladies,it aint sexy no more too many bumps in the road.Culprit:fry foods and no exercise.
This is no apologist for KFC and the other fast food vendors locally, but please be aware that this acceleration to fatty-land was in full gear a few years before most of these franchises set up shop. What one can say, is that they made it easier, by creating more accessible options to fat accumulation.
Dominicans females just eat a lot, period! They don’t exercise either, and many believe that wearing the latest tight clothing will make up for their gross expansions.
Furthermore the COMBINATION of these lax consumption patterns and no execise with the generous use of potent chemical contraceptives, creates an explosive cocktail. As a result You’ll see the women shapes morphing into masculine-like proportions, as excessive fatty matter is deposited in their waistline and upper back area.
One thing for sure, when it come’s to physical ‘progress’ Dominica has a HEAVY ‘advantage’ over its OECS sisters. Wake up people! WAKE UP!
anonymous, u can do it at ur home. u do not hve to go on the road where dogs n rapist r. stay at ur home and do some push ups, walk around ur bedroom 100 times. b active. instead of siting in front of the computer, put on ur music and dance.
How embarrassing for Dominica. Not only did we knowingly give the most corrupt and inept government a landslide victory but now our women are the most obese in the OECS?! When does the humiliation end, nuh? When?!
I dont want to be slim or meg, Leave me with my hips and behind ‘butt’ and my semi flat stomach cause I sure I more fit than some of them meg women, its not only what you eat that leads to someone being obese, it could be in your blood or sometimes stress, I know of some women that eat KFC, Burger King and they slim and ting and they cah run up a flight of stairs..we need to know our bodies before we solely put the blame on the fast food places..
The processed foods game is stacked against the average person. Cut out the hormone chicken from the U.S. and the feed with hormones in them that are fed to livestock. Add to that the GMO foods and high fructose added to so many foods and drinks and you have a recipe for disaster. It doesn’t matter how much you exercise if you are eating this junk. This should be an organic island but it is not. People love the herbicides and pesticides to put on the food. Those also add to the cancer problem. Doesn’t seem like people here want to change to wake up. The life span is already reversing. No more 100 yr. old people.
We invite the Dominican people to Islam. Islam means submission to do the will of God. Allah is the Arabic name for God. The message of Islam is the same as all the prophets and messengers such as Moses, David, Jesus, Abraham (peace be upon them). Muhammad who was the seal and final prophet (p) taught the same message as all the other prophets (p), worship Allah alone without mediators, the worship to Allah must be free from images and beings between Allah and man, in other words to go directly to Allah (Glory to Him the Most High).
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى
الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
Chapter 2:183 of the Holy Qur’an reads:
O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqoon (the pious)
Fasting would be a good remedy for these women as it would remove lots of toxins from their bodies as well as it would discipline and strengthen their minds to curb their desires. This is the root of the problem, these people do not have the WILL POWER to resist these dangerous foods for their health.
The Holy month of ramadan begins on the 10th of July in sha Allah (If Allah wills), there are medical doctors who are non Muslims who fast as well.
Here is an Islamic website for you, one can order books to read for free as well as download pdf files and can have an idea about Islam. May Allah guide you O son/daughter of Adam. Ameen.
http://www.whyislam.org/islam/islam-explained/
Be careful what you state for you will be challenged. Your submission and the Christian submission are totally different. Coincidentally, I heard it over the weekend on the US Catholic Radio. I usually make notes but I was busy and did not stop to do so, now, to my regret for I could have stated it word for word – verbatim.
Those who submit to God do not wage war and do not kill others sayng their god told them to do so.
I heard your Islam founder, prior to his death he said “Kill the infidels until all of them say, Allah.” The same is occurring in Africa. Therefore, I am unable to comprehend what you mean by saying submission to God.
We do not want your books. We have highly, spiritually enlightening, uplifting and fulfilling Christian books. We also have our Christian faith and would not trade it for nothing else. This is The Only Way, The Truth, The Light of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Something tells me you are a Dominican and were once a Catholic Christian. Correct me if I erred. Anyway Mohammed was a Catholic Christian and so were your ancestors before he formed the Islam religion. In the ancient days, you were called “Moslems.”
Well I don’t blame the ladies as I know that Dominican men like their women to be round, rolly polly and have enormous bottoms!!
This encourages the woman to eat a great deal more especially KFC which is rubbish food with no goodness at all! Also eating a lot of provisions is not that good either as it is full of starch! Provisions I think are more healthy than KFC and fast foods. I have to blame the men me thinks! 
That was many, many years ago. If a woman was fat she looked well. If she was thin, she was seeing misery. People would talk about the slim woman and say “you should put on weight.” Wasn’t that stupid? Today, it is worth a laugh.
Today, many wish that they are slim and could remain slim. I do not mean skinny.
me self like them thick wi :D
Well I a slim women who walks every morning and people watch me like u slim already why are u exercising. I do it to keep fit. I see some of my girlfriends and for them the fat on them is thickness and I always try to encourage them to come walk with me in the morning but never happens. All those kfc chicken etc have hormones and the chinese foods have MSG. I indulge once in a while but there is something called eating in moderation. Not only do these foods cause obesity but many other diseases attacking women such as fibroids, cyst, lump in breast etc. Young women time to wake up and practice healthy eating habits and activities.
MSG is dangerous. It is not recommended by health experts. I have a bottle which I will be throwing out. I have a lot of seasoning. When they are used up I will not be purchasing more. Onion, garlic and a little salt are much better and are tasty.
I love homemade. At least I know what I am eating. I have practically ceased purchasing tin stuffs, only if absolutely necessary.
I make my own salad dressing; tomato ketchup. I have made mayonnaise and some others that we can make. I make my own bread. I plan to make my doughnuts, snacks – anything that I can possibly bake. Back to homemade as it were in Dominica
There is a lot to share. I recently received an email about imported foods, as fish etc. I will not mention the name of the country where they originate from but you may have an idea. This email is upsetting. All those who have read it stated that they will be careful in future and watch the labeling of the product prior to purchasing it.
My plan is to telephone the customer service of at least two grocery stores that I shop in, in the area where I reside and inform them about it. I will ask why are they importing foods, etc., from that country?
I will also send a copy to the health minister, my MP, MPP and the favorite TV Station I view the News. I do not know what they will do but I will make them aware that this information is circulating and it will go far also overseas.
A man who visited there observed the manner in which the products are prepared and he spoke about it on TV. Those who heard commenced forwarding the information. I am pleased to read it and I will not be purchasing certain items. Let Dominicans be aware of what they purchase and read the labels of the originator(s).
And the thing is, some gorgeous young women still want to be taking Periactin! Good luck ladies. Dominicans in general have no reason to be out of shape. The weather is perfect for exercise, no gym needed, and the food (home grown) is arguably the healthiest in the world. People want to leave good food for rubbish food. And young girls taking supplements to put on weight, while the rest of the world looking to get smaller in size.
They do the same in those big countries; not smart at all. Some of those products will make them sick and kill them.
When you see the advertisements on TV, as I read in a health book and also heard on TV, the people are highly paid actors. They never used the products and know nothing about them.
We Dominicans don’t know what we want. Some Dominicans look down and say ‘nasty’ things about those who are slim and in shape, yet we are hearing on a daily basis the dangers of being obese.
Many Dominican men love those thick women. Some of them (the women) try 1000 000 000% to get thick, because Dominican men like women with big backside.. Some of the women are saying that they don’t want any small man. At schools some children make fun of the slim ones, but at the same schools, they are taught, how vulnerable big/obese people are.
WE ARE A CONFUSED NATION! GOD ALONE CAN HELP US IN DOMINICA!
yesterday i was standing on the side walk, quite a few ppl passed by no problem. Her comes this fat woman who says “allu taking up the whole sidewalk.” obviously i wasn’t the real problem here………
I got a good laugh out of this one.
i am from dominia and remember when we would eat mowecive, pwado, zicac, guiave and mango. walk to go everywhere, ran after van for a ride and jump back down. every body were skinny, now when i ask for certain fruits the young people tries to give imported can syrup fruit. shame on us.
My son and I were watching Marpin news and the PS of health was talking about non communicable disease and my 11 year old said that she is in the category that she is cautioning people to avoid getting into.
that is so true…practice what u preach
My Dominican girls are not FAT!!!!! They are FLUFFY.
Because more women goes too KFC.I stopped by last week KFC only women were in line,Young women these days does not like to cook at home, And lack of exercise.
Yes, we shouldn’t need studies to act on the obvious. I cried when KFC opened a few years ago, but it’s easy to finger-point. Lots of fresh or lightly cooked vegetables (spinach, broccoli, kale, carrots pumpkin…) and fruit needs to be the foundation of any health diet.
A minor correction: the hydrogenation process does add hydrogen to oils, making the molecules more “saturated” (with hydrogen) and semi-solid (as in soft-spread margarine). Although beef, lamb and dairy may have higher levels of saturated fat, it is NEVER trans-fat. More recent studies are showing what we already know, that our bodies know how to deal with naturally occurring saturated fats as in coconut oil, but NOT with industrial produced trans-fats.
Possible solution:
Put WCK on the road everyday after work and people will jump up all the way home.
when the music hit, you feel no pain!!!
To take care of that problem, all we have to do is listen Chubby ” Mid-Night Groovers” bring back the milk and honey, cane juice and bush medicine, coconut oil, vanilla, cassava and the list goes on. Bush tea, cacoa tea, ginger tea …………….
The entire world has obese people. The discussion this week in Toronto or on the News about obesity, it is now classified as an illness. Trust them. They will always come up with an excuse for this problem, rather than address the issue, why so many children and adults are obese.
I disagree with them. This does not pertain to every one. As some people get older, they gain weight. It may be due to inactivity, overeating including eating sugary substances.
There is a price to pay for progress. A survey was conducted. Were those who participated informed about proper nutrition? Were they given relevant information?
As some people get older, they do not walk as much as they used to. Walking is an excellent form of exercise. Most people drive rather than walk. If residing far away, it is not possible to walk to work, to church and to shop.
Home cooking is the best but not with too much salt and sugar. If possible, use honey rather than sugar. Watch your portions. Eat fruits and vegetables. Drink ample water and tea – 6 to 8 medium glasses.
Natural resources all the way. Eat very little processed foods as also meats. Drink very little pop, if none at all.
I am not against treating oneself to fast foods just as long they are not eaten frequently. Once in a while is acceptable, in moderation.
Practice makes perfect. A certain degree of discipline is necessary.
The norm today is eating healthily, staying healthy and looking young enough. For those who love cooking, there are many health recipes in books and also on recipe Websites. Just Google your choice of recipe. You can prepare your menu, bake your own eats as cakes, snacks also pizza. You can also purchase plain popcorn and prepare it healthily. Those Websites have many such recipes.
A turn around of eating and drinking habits is necessary to eating and drinking healthily. Most of all, teach the young children healthy eating. Be an example and model for them and they will not yearn for fast foods and pop and certain snacks. Good luck Dominican residents.
I, too, do my utmost to practice what I preach.
Wow, you are beginning to make sense, but I am so surprise you did not threaten the obese person with the wrath of God. There is hope for you.
We are ingesting too many toxins in our system. Dominica has such rich fertile soil, yet many fail to utilize the land. Our culture is dying because we embrace others instead. If more people would cherish their culture, and partake in our food, music etc, then this will be brought under control. I love my local dishes and so no matter where i go, i embrace who i am, a Caribbean woman who will never lose her identity to please others. People eat what we grow, support local Watch what you put in your body!
Those women actually develop those big bottoms for their men. They say their men like their meat thick especially nowadays when taking it in the ass is much preferred. Also they say their men like to eat their thick meat. There is so much sucking going on these days. Sucking is about 94 percent of all sex nowadays
GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT. We know no matter how well we eat, some of us still get diabetes, high blood pressure, etc., due to the fall of human which is SIN. But we know about 90% of diseases are from what we eat and our environment. Generally we are what we eat.
If we don’t sweat, we are not burning any calories, and our bodies pays for that. Nothing in life is easy, but in Dominica, it seems the young people want everything easy and fast, but the long term consequences are pain full and deadly. I don’t know why they don’t take their health seriously.
I have left Dominica for a while, but come home two or three times a year. I still eat all my Dominica food in New York. I have to be extremely busy or hungry to buy the Mc Donald, Wendy, Burger King, Pizza etc. These foods are empty calories, and have no nutritional values. We try to follow the crowd, but we cannot afford it financially, and health wise. Please Dominicans, leave the fast food alone, because these fast foods, will give us fast disease and death.
I would not call this information garbage. People need to be informed so that those who are affected and others who are not will change their lifestyle before it is too late for them.
Granted, not everyone will have the identical type of illness. If we are not already sick, we do not know when we will get sick. Are you aware that those illnesses could be avoided even from a very young age?
There are some people who lived to a ripe old age who did not have diabetes or high blood pressure.
More often than not, these ailments have something to do with the lifestyle, types of food and how much is eaten. The personality may also have something to do with it. What is occurring in our life and how much stress, anger and the like exist. Employment and domestic problems could contribute to illness.
Take for instance, a place like Dominica, a tropical country, how many people drink water? If they do, how much water do they drink daily? Water is good for the blood which pumps the heart. The blood travels to the brain. If only people would drink the maximum amount of water daily in addition to nutritious Dominican foods and fish and also get a certain amount of rest/sleep, do you not think that some people may not get a heart attack, aneurism or stroke? These include diabetes and high blood pressure and probably other ailments. Ask your doctor.
praisse god i only eat wat i cook and believe me i need an eathly woman who thinks natrual is the best
You also need a woman to teach you how to SPELL!
To much bus and transport more walking PLEASE!!! Men, stop encouraging it by saying allu like ‘thickerz’!
there’s a difference between thickers and bouncing bettys. Thickerz slim in the waist n thick where they have to be, bouncing bettys go BOOOOM!
what hell thickers u talkign about nuh them woman not thick them woman FAT u think them people kno the difference bethween thick and fat nuh give me my slim princess everyday yuh
yea sen dem fickerz and fatties for me. i’ll bathe in dem
i’d like to thank kfc, pizza hut, perkeys, imported chicken and also subway
Do us a favor, and shut your damn mouth!!!
wat 4 dem 2 go n study day not goin n study
what kind of idiot are you? this is important information. maybe you are one of the obese who can’t put down the milkshake.
I smell jealousy!!!
i must say that we need help other than dieting reports from surveys to control obesity in Dominica.we need sidewalks ,parks , cheaper health products ,exercise facility and safety on the roads , many times women want to go and walk and jog , but are afraid some mad man will try to or will rape them or dogs on the roads . these are some of the things i have face trying to keep my weight down. so the same people who did the survey should recommend these things to who ever is responsible for health and security in Dominica , and if they correct these things i guaranty you that the next survey report will be different .
Also put a playground in gardens,let the young kids run up and down burn some calories,and the government need to start putting gyms in the schools. Too many of our kids are overweight in Dominica.
u can do it at ur home. u do not hve to go on the road where dogs n rapist r. stay at ur home and do some push ups, walk around ur bedroom 100 times. b active. instead of siting in front of the computer, put on ur music and dance.
Too much KFC and Pizza Hut!!! I mean you can eat a little chicken and pizza now and then but D/CA woman need to get up in d morning to do some walking and exercise.
Well…is fat and nice they call themselves. Mentality in Dominica, when you’re skiny you’re sick.
meals are far to high in carbohydrates need to eat more lean proteins- cut out that awful box mac and cheese.
Women, go back to BASICS. Men, encourage your women to COOK AT HOME.
Why can’t the men cook too. Already is the women that going out to work.
Cooking at home by itself is not a solution cause one can cook the same junk at home.We are encouraged to eat more of veggies and fruits but with all the chemicals being used in these foods are they healthier or more detrimental to our health? The provision of today is not what our parents ate. You buy the same veggies that are supposed to be healthy and before 2 days they rot on the refrigerator.
The thing in da is if u not fat u seeing misery.
The Yard foul was eating kwashah but it was not fed hormones.There was no monosodium Glutamate in the food nor was there a myriad of other unwanted chemicals / preservatives etc.People walked to go places.
My Motto is “If You can make it to the Boiling Lake at 60 You will make it to the toilet at 90.Get with the program or secure your lot on long Acre to save Your Family the expense.
These days people don’t want to peel fig, dasheen, Tania and breadfruit. They say their nails will spoil and their hands will get dirty. All they want to eat is macaroni and cheese, pizza, fried chicken with French fries. Not even local juice they want to make….they drinking soda . After that they have to watch their soaps instead of going for a walk. What you expect?
You ain’t never lie lmao
Who going and “karlay” fig? I die nuh? i do that too much, not again.
it is so ironic that above this news story you have a advertisement for KFC so who to blame,you us or them,…………….money,money,money.i know you will not posts this because advertisement is your bread and butter but it would be nice if you were independent enough to say yes to some and no to some,alas not your fault bills dont get paid on principle
KFC (fast food) is not the ones making people fat.
People are the ones making ‘people’ fat.
Understanding that everything needs to be in moderation.
People need to be held accountable for their own health behavior. Do ‘I’ exercise. Am ‘I ‘eating healthy.
I am surrounded my fast foods and on some days it is convenient. But what do ‘I’ order when I am there? Do I order the healthy salad or some fatty food.
At the end of the day, ‘I’ am responsible for the choices I make.
LMAO nice funny comment
Women need to cut down on sugar, salt, packaged junk foods and chicken and remarkable improvements will be seen. It is a sin to be that unhealthy. Our bodies are God’s temple…
I remember when green mango, ripe papaya (pawpaw), cashima, soursop, bwateh, passion fruit, guava and others were our daily snacks. Chocolate and other sugary snacks were a once-a-year “treat”-Usually during Christmas. Now, all that is gone as people crave to live up to the American standard, they gravitate toward what they see on T.V. and are ensnared by eye-catching labels on all these fatty, chemically processed foods.
Even the juices filled with chemicals sitting on shelves for months they can’t resist, while birds are happily pecking at all the ripe fruits and shaking their feathery bottoms in gratitude. What the birds can’t have, go to waste while our people who boast of a nature isle, eat what is not natural – irony at best!
Oh boy!!…that is so true! But will they listen? NO!!!
I also remember tablet, coconut cheese, peppermint, all kinds of cakes, pear-drops, ice cream. As someone pointed out. We ate all these sweets and carbohydrates but we burnt them out.
Children played outside; not on the computer or cellphones or other sit down inside games. We used to visit friends instead we call them on our cell phones or email them. We are too busy.
Days gone by, we walked to church, walked to dances, walked to the beach and walked to the cinema – your date didn’t mind if you had no transport – because everyone walked everywhere.
Now we drive our children to school and we drive ourselves to work and even if the shop is close by and we hardly have anything to carry we still drive to the shops.
So in addition to what we eat we walk less, so we exercise less. Even the skinny ones are less healthy that those we call obese. Because for want of being skinny we starve ourselves and eat rabbit foods that cannot be healthy either. We eat a big meal and we sit down and watch TV after, instead of going for a stroll. We are too busy and too tired – when we get home all we want to do is relax with our feet up in front of the TV and fall asleep. Reading DNO or other internet sites are our new form of relaxation!! I am relaxing right now when I could be outside walking or running but the sun is too hot and it may rain later and besides it is cooler inside. Right?
Gosh I must do something! Maybe tomorrow, no, tomorrow is Sunday, my day of rest. Maybe Next week?
I agree with the bloggers who say that our life style and diet have changed for the worse. Physical activity and proper nutrition consisting of fruits and vegetables have gone out the window – for most.
In some cases, this is not just laziness or prefering the western culture. It also has to do with access to reasonably prices healthy foods. Has anyone been to the Roseau market lately? Care to share how much a tiny bunch of carrot going for? Even things like lime to make a squash. For a country blessed with an abundance of natural resources, I don’t get why the costs of produce are so high. So … I am not defending or excusing obesity. But fixing the problem means looking at issues of access/cost as well.
Two limes for $1.00 imagine dat
Very true. You have not even mentioned how quickly what is purchased at the market turns to a plastic of rotting smelly water.
I am slim and trim but i try my best to eat healthy. But the cost of doing that in Dominica is very high. Fruits and veggies in the market starts at $5.00 and up and the bad thing about it is that they put so much pesticides in these produced that the spoil in two days.
Everyday they walking saying is exercise but not one drop of sweat. Their mouth alone that running, beff they pounding so.
Hope u seeing my name, lol
i agreee wif u
Some of them the most exercise they get is walking up the red clinic steps. Everyday they buying lunch and breakfast they cannot get up at 6 to make a decent breakfast and lunch.
As for those children not even a bread and egg they boiling for them, is buy a cheeze sticks and a box drink for breakfast and the children are supposed to learn in school.
Thickerz galore. Our people get too lazy.
Dominican women, y’all need to learn to take proper care of their bodies. Obesity is not good for y’all ladies.
Spend more time focused on the important matters of all you health instead of concentrating so much on adorning y’all selves with fake hair, fake fingernails and fake eyelashes.
But allu did not have to do all that to see Dca have too many damn fat women and man too. Just look at the size of most of our nurses and you can tell. The walking up to hospital and you can hear them blowing goodwill hill….lol! Charity begins at home and therefore our healthcare professionals have to start showing example. What thickers nonsense that they always chatting about? Its just to remove guilt and shame in their eyes. All want is a healthy woman and boy we lacking a lot of that in Dca.
Ask for our men, all I see is belly hanging like the pregnant for the wife or girlfriend. And they have no shame they there on beach in shorts without shirt. The women self have no self esteem to tell them man go on a diet or leave their bottom alone. Gone are the days when our policemen and firemen for example used to be fit and trim now they all walking like roll-polly and cant even see the “thing”.
Time for action, let us advocate for a slim, trim and healthier nation.
Assertive, NOT Agressive!
As for the overweight police officers and firemen it is something I noticed a while back in the US first. Then I started noticing it in some other Caribbean Islands. I was telling someone the same thing a few days ago. These public officers used to look so fit and neat in their uniforms.
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I rolling!! this comment should have 200 thumbs up
This is no suprise. The people in the urban areas tend to eat more of the fast junk food and do not eat or rearly eat healthy. If one of the biggest RESTAURANTS in the city is a KFC, what do we expect.
The people in the urban areas have easier access to all the fast food junk and they tend not to eat healthy o this comes as no surprise. If the biggest RESTAURANT in the main city is a KFC, what do we expect.
Dominican women are really Obesd…FAT…we need to take better care of ourselves
Please Please….we cannot replace our women with all these gay guys running around the place….lmao
HEhehehehehehe
Maybe that is why there are so many gay guys?
I remember a time when we could count the fat or obese folks on one hand in Dominica. Today every where you turn people are outa control…
OK I am all for scientific evidence, but sometimes mere observation tells you everything you need to know. Dominican women need to ease up on the KFC.
not just kfc it is chicken that was produced using growth hormones to speed up production.these birds are ready to eat in 6 weeks they don’t even have time to get all their feathers.
Every time I read these posts people crying they dont have money for this and that so where are these people suddenly finding the money for KFC. I found the KFC very expensive when I was there last year. Also the mothers always looking big and the children always looking skinny or MEG…why is that. If I tell you what is really in KFC you would never touch it again, trust me
Jimi, I have something to congratulate you about. Not only KFC, but all FAST FOODS. The women really need to go back to their kitchen.
Hmm I see. They does say is thick they thick and is so their man like them. They even calling slim woman meg-zo. What was de slogan? “Anything slim girls can do big girls can do better” I suppose dying from heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and stroke in dat too.
Meg-zos does die from the those diseases too.
Well I never say ‘meg-zo’ doesn’t die from those diseases. It is just more likely for an overweight person to suffer from those diseases, because of the additional health risk that come with obesity, but I bet you know that already, so doh fraid to go on a healthy diet and exercise program you will feel much better ;)
Irie, slim girls get all of these diseases too. Yes, the big (fat) girls used to call the slim ones megzo. A person can be big and HEALTHY. Big do not always mean unhealthy nor obese. We, both men and women, really should take better care of ourselves.
Hey, when are they going to do a survey on the HUGE men?
Itassi, you cannot be big and healthy awah. Unless your bigness is muscle mass it is impossible. Maybe you can be big and not showing signs of chronic illness yet, but any time your body fat percentage is too high, you cannot call yourself big and healthy. Obesity itself is a disease, that eventually leads to a host of other diseases. We need to tell our women that being overweight is absolutely nothing to be proud of. I never say slim people doesn’t get sick, it just is more likely to find an overweight person getting certain non-communicable diseases. All the medical studies and evidence points to that fact.
u cold not hv said it better
Our health situation in DA has changed at an alarming rate. Surely things were not that bad in the late 80s early 90s. Today we dont’t walk, and participate in physical activities (such as hiking, swimming in the rivers/sea, playing sports, farming) like we used to back then. And to make matters worse our diet has changed in a negative way. We adopt a western diet of fats and sugars and abandon our coconut oil, banana, plantain, breadfruit, yams, dasheen, tania, cassava, local juices – the list goes on – for white rice, white bleached flour, pasta, imported deaders. This is a serious problem in the making. If the UK and the US cannot figure out how to handle the health situation presented by this western diet how are we in DA going to handle it. We need to get back to our roots. In any case how can an Island like DA (the Nature Isle) with such a rugged terrain end up on the obesity least baffles me. It is clear our promotion of nature is just in words not in action.
I think i can give you some help there…have you counted the number of buses on the island lately? The supply is greater than the demand. Just look at Mahaut and Grandbay and the number of buses available against their population.
Secondly, I’m glad you threw your stats right back to the 80s and 90s…Can you remember it was in those days we had beach parties at “Aqua-Cade”, “Shipwreck”, and a blockorama after the basketball game on the hard-court? These were the days when people danced more. Life was less violent too, because people were too busy having fun.
Summer time was beach party at “Aqua-Cade” on a Wednesday. Young people had no time to get fat because we would be dancing every week…Hours of dancing kept us in shape, I can tell you.
Thumbs up if you can recall those days of Wednesday beach party?
Where have those sweet days gone??
We just do not walk as much as part of our daily routine. That is the thing that is missing… and we eat the same old way or worse.
They watch too many food commercials. Monkey see, monkey do. There is everything back home that is required to keep our people healthy. Give up the Mac n cheese, KFC and the like. I think there are times when one can have a feel for these foods, but to make it a habit is UNHEALTHY. I live in the US and people ask, “why do you cook every day?” my answer is I know what goes in my pot and best of all standing in front of my stove COST LESS.
u remember long ago wen plp use to plant in their yard and get up early to go to the garden? without realizing it, pur body was geting the exercise needed. now we hear the fat women say that they r thick and so der man like them. well my dear, if u doe take care of urself, wen u r gone d same man will go after someone else. they even have a show called plus size promoting abesity and being comfortable in ur skin. well, if ur skin has too much fat, then u should not b comfortable in it. u should go on diet and stop the unhealthy eating. diabeties is real and is time dominicans realize that and stop saying big girls rule.
Well you bias papa diabetes is very real yes and it also does not discriminate so you could be fat ..meg or in-between you can get it!
True, but your odds of developing diabetes and high blood pressure increases as you get fatter.
True, some diseases are hereditary.
That may be true, but obese people put themselves at higher risk. There are some women who are naturally bigger than others, but this nonsense about being ‘thick’ is not helping those who are already lazy and unconcerned about their health.
Well lala by the way diabetes is not big people’
s disease, it can happen to the slimmest person. We all have to take care of our bodies whether we slim or fat. Thank God I do.
I agree that diabeties is not only for big plp but check statistic in D/A. Its mostly affecting obese plp. We have become a nation of lazy plp. If u r eating junks and your plate of food is bigger than ur stomach, plus has a big glass of sugary juice to go with it, wat do u expect? Dominican use a lot of sugar and salt. Most of their weight is water weight.
KFC….keep queuing up to get yourself to that level Dominicans.
i guess things are not so bad in the country man? ppl getting so fat… seems like we eating alot lol
close down KFC and pizza hut that would help.
Did we really need a study to tell us that? We can just look at each other in Dominica and see there is a serious problem. Just count the overweight children as they come from school. It is appalling!!
You are so right. Now and then if time doesn’t permit me to cook I usually go to one of the fast food places to grab something quick to eat and it is surprising the number of school children who I meet waiting in line. Its as if parents don’t know what it is to cook for children anymore. Some of the parents are actually unemployed so that means they have all the time in the world to prepare a meal so that the children can get a warm plate of food after school. But it seems easier to give them $10 or $20 to buy fast food
There seem to be a few irony in your story. First, saying that you are buying the same fast food that you accuse the school children of buying. Second, you are accusing an unemployed mother of preferring to give their kids $10 or $20 instead of cooking,and you say that you end up in the fast food place now and then if time doesn’t permit… what a laugh. You are just as guilty, fast food junky.