{"id":35403,"date":"2011-05-18T14:19:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T18:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/?p=35403"},"modified":"2011-05-18T14:19:52","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T18:19:52","slug":"ministry-of-health-expresses-concern-over-cncd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/health\/ministry-of-health-expresses-concern-over-cncd\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Health expresses concern over CNCD"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35404\" style=\"width: 172px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35404\" title=\"timothy\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/timothy1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/timothy1.jpg 240w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/timothy1-90x113.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Timothy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Ministry of Health says banning the importation of certain food ingredients could be an option in its efforts to prevent the increase of chronic, non communicable diseases (CNCD) in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Julius Timothy told a press conference Monday that his ministry is worried about the high levels of CNCDs on the island.<\/p>\n<p>He says education is one way to help deal with the situation.<\/p>\n<p>He says the Ministry of Health is also working with the Ministry of Education to help control child obesity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking at more education and legislative measures. It is a holistic effort because the CNCDs are so difficult to deal with. I cannot imagine amputations. I can\u2019t imagine living without a leg so we need to find ways to deal with it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ministry of Health says banning the importation of certain food ingredients could be an option in its efforts to prevent the increase of chronic, non communicable diseases (CNCD) in the country. 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