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Let’s talk about… bold policies.
For World Obesity Day, The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados and the Barbados Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition which is group of civil society organisations, which has been strongly advocating for World Health Organisation recommended policies to curb the alarming levels of childhood obesity in Barbados will be congratulating the Ministry of Education in Barbados. In February 2023, the Ministry of Education in Barbados, launched the National School Nutrition Policy which removes sugar sweetened beverages from school from April 2023, this firm and bold policy by government is being highly congratulated by the Coalition and the Heart & Stroke Foundation. This new policy will create a paradigm shift in transforming the obesogenic environment for schools in Barbados
On the eve of World Obesity Day, our Youth Advocates who have been involved in advocacy among their peers, have written a letter to the Prime Minister of Barbados congratulating the government on taking such a bold stance on the School Nutrition Policy (this letter is being shared on the Heart & Stroke social media platforms). Highlighting that what surrounds the young people of Barbados shapes them, the youth advocates have asked for the swift implementation of the National School Nutrition Policy.