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Healthy eating, active living – Be Aware of Trans Fats
Caribbean Nutrition Day, Sunday June 1, 2008
Specific objectives
- Promote healthy eating
- Promote increased physical activity
- Share information on the roles and effects of the different types of fats in the diet
- Increase the public’s awareness and knowledge on about Trans Fats
- Promote use of the nutrition label reading as a means of controlling fat intake and identifying foods with Trans Fat.
- Increase understanding of nutrition labels
Target groups:
- Students
- Clinic attendees especially those at the chronic disease clinics
- Churches
Country plans:
- Grenada -Emphasis on: physical activity and greater fruit consumption
- Jamaica - Health Festival in the Western Region
- Dominica
- Radio address by the Minister of Health and Enviroment: Hon. John Fabien
- Radio and television Interviews.
- Messages to churches
- Walk-a- thons (organized at district level)
- Antigua
- Saturday and Sunday May 31st and June 1 worship service and information in the notices/bulletin
- Monday, June 2, programmes in schools
- Wednseday, June 4 – Walk and education session at a worksiote
- Friday, June 6 – Booths at two supermarkets providing education/information on reading food labels and exercise on reducing fat in the diet
- Celebration of Caribbean Nutrition Day 2008
Relevant material
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