Wednesday, 7 December 2016

Fat youth dilemma

A THIRD OF the island's schoolchildren are fat or fat and a main power on incessant non-transferable ailments needs the Schools Meals Department to replan its menus to meet the changing needs of its young customer base.

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Also, Sir Trevor Hassell, who is the administrator of the Commission on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases, needs the offer of sweet beverages in schools, and also the sponsorships of brandishing occasions and school exercises by garbage and fast food merchants ceased.

Sir Trevor, who was a visitor at the Barbados Workers' Union's 75th commemoration symposium at Solidarity House for senior understudies of optional schools, uncovered that a 2012 overview in 26 neighborhood schools found that 31.5 for each penny of youngsters were overweight, while 14.4 for every penny were fat.

"Our present estimation is that 33% of kids in schools are overweight or large," he told his crowd of chiefly school youngsters yesterday. (HLE)

It would be ideal if you read the full story in today's Saturday Sun, or in the eNATION version.

- See more at: http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/87563/fat-youth-dilemma#sthash.m7qsNukW.dpuf

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