childhood obesity
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World Obesity Day: Everybody needs to act
01st March 2022
One look at global obesity rates is enough to tell you that we’re not where we need to be, with almost one in every six adults worldwide currently living with obesity.
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What's in our food? – launch of media campaign in Jamaica
20th February 2020
Since World Diabetes Day on 14 November 2019, the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the National Consumers’ League, has been leading a new mass media campaign to encourage Jamaicans to make healthier choices.
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Jamaica restricts sugar sweetened beverages in schools, health facilities
19th June 2018
The Government of Jamaica has restricted sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) in the country’s schools and public health facilities as of January 2019, according to the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC).
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Number of children living with obesity worldwide has risen tenfold in the past four decades
11th October 2017
If post-2000 trends continue, global levels of child and adolescent obesity will surpass those for moderately and severely underweight youth from the same age group by 2022, says a new WHO report.