Introduction Dr Kenwyn Nicholls wrote a letter to the editor of the Newsday local newspaper titled ‘TT Moves falls short on NCD Strategy’. This blog post is a response to that letter TT Moves – direct response to NCD prevalence In the letter, Dr Nicholls discusses the TT Moves campaign…
Intended contribution (My intended contribution to the Town Hall Meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Social Services and Public Administration) The point I want to make today is about the way the country as a whole is addressing and attempting to combat the burgeoning problem of NCDs and obesity.…
Trinidad and Tobago has an obesity rate that is getting worse with time. This increase has been especially noticeable in the paediatric and adolescent population in the country. The levels of obesity in children were so concerning that there was a Joint Select Committee formed in 2019 within the Trinidad…