Our TERM (Tobacco Enforcement and Reporting Movement) is using AI to uncover tobacco marketing on social media platforms. This report, highlighting how the industry is using digital marketing channels to avoid advertising regulations, won an Award of Excellence at APEX Awards. Swipe ➡ to learn more.

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Marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages significantly influences children's preferences. We urgently need policies that protect our children from marketing that encourages unhealthy diets - Martha from KELIN #FoodPolicyKE #HealthyDiets

It's been a week since our International Youth Day discussion and we continue to amplify the voices of our advocates calling for healthier school food environments in the Caribbean. #caribbeanyouthforhealth

bit.ly/3X6rxnm Octagonal Warning Labels Save Lives! 💪🏾🙌🏾 HCC Barbados Heart & Stroke NCD Alliance PAHO/WHO CBC BARBADOS The UWI Cave Hill Campus

Children’s lifestyle behaviours, including their daily #physicalactivity and screen 📺 time behaviour, impact their physical health, psychosocial well-being, and academic 🧠 performance. Evidence shows that only a minority (15-40%) of children meet the ⛹🏽‍♀️ physical #exercise

New HCC head tackles Caribbean's 'deadly triad’ barbadostoday.bb/2024/08/27/new…

Media Release - Barbados Today Sagicor Life Insurance Company Tackling #Caribbean Deadly Triad - Dr. Kenneth Connell, HCC President #healthycaribbean

Study shows that #obesity, which is partly driven by the consumption of 🥤sugar-sweetened beverages #SSB, significantly increases the risk of type-2 #diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, leading to substantial #health and economic 💵 burdens. New estimate the marginal harm from

Our policy brief 'Stepping up action on childhood obesity', published in 2020, identifies cross-cutting and shared opportunities, learning and concrete actions to help drive policies to address childhood obesity in line with World Health Organization (WHO)’s #ECHO plan. ➡️ worldobesity.org/news/stepping-…

NSSCJA HCC Fi We Children Foundation MOHW JA Bite Back Let's work to see some action! #NCDsAffiGuhDung #ImplementDiSNP

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Minister of State of Barbados 🇧🇧warns of rising #obesity crisis as school year nears. barbadostoday.bb/2024/08/28/min…

We welcome Charity!!! Our newest Board Member and one of our Healthy Caribbean Youth (HCY). Swipe ---> to hear about her journey and her plans. Read full article @antiguaobserver #healthycaribbean #HCY

New York City has just passed a final rule requiring menu items with >50g of added sugars to display this warning logo. Rule and guidance available here: nyc.gov/assets/doh/dow… Well done nychealthy on continuing to lead in sub-national food policy initiatives 👏

The 4th Global NCD Alliance Forum will be taking place in Kigali, Rwanda, from October 20-22, 2024. This is the first time the forum will be hosted in Africa, and we are proud that East Africa, through our member alliance in Rwanda NCD Alliance, will play a central role in this global

Miss out on our #WorldObesityDay ⭕️ webinar, 'Obesity and Youth: Young people catalysing change'? 🤔 You can catch up with our webinar now, hosted alongside Global Obesity Coalition partners World Obesity, UNICEF and World Health Organization (WHO) 📢 👀📺 youtube.com/watch?v=rRgW91…

The Grenada Food and Nutrition Council (GFNC) has released the 2024 Daycare Survey Report, revealing critical insights into the nutritional status of young children attending daycare centres across Grenada and Carriacou. This annual survey, conducted by GFNC’s Surveillance

Caribbean Wellness Day is celebrated on the second Saturday of September every year by CARICOM countries as part of a unified response to promote health and prevent and control the epidemic of Non-Communicable Diseases or NCDs. We join with Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) , the PAHO-WHO Caribbean and