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Sweet Talk E3: SSBs and Women’s Health

It’s Fibroids Awareness Month and in this episode of Sweet Talk we discuss the links between SSBs and women’s health conditions like PMS, PCOS, fibroids, painful periods and other hormonal health issues with certified wellness coach, Davina Baptiste.

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Sweet Talk E2: The Importance of Water

Tuesday 6th June, 2021

In this episode of Sweet Talk, we’re highlighting water as the healthy drink choice. Latoya Matthew-Duncan, the Nutrition Surveillance Coordinator at the Ministry of Health in St. Kitts, explains why water is so important for our health and nutrition. She shares some great tips on how to make water more flavourful so that everyone can be encouraged to choose water as the necessary and healthy drink alternative to sweetened beverages.

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Sweet Talk E1: Regional Approaches to Tackling NCDs in the Caribbean

Thursday 29th April 2021

Welcome back to our podcast.  After a long break, we’re back today with our new series Sweet Talk which is part of our new campaign, You’re Sweet Enough. Through this campaign we aim to promote healthy drinking by encouraging the public to drink more water and fewer sweet drinks.

Our series, Sweet Talk, will feature informative and interactive interviews with various guests who share views on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and discuss approaches to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities through healthy drinking and eating practices.

Episode 24: A Quick Update on the HCC’s Childhood Obesity Prevention Campaign
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Episode 24: A Quick Update on the HCC’s Childhood Obesity Prevention Campaign

Wednesday 8th July, 2018

Today’s episode is an update on our episode 8 where we discussed the launch of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition’s childhood obesity prevention campaign. In this short episode we touch on the HCC’s success at the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting and give up an update on the HCC’s childhood obesity petition.

Episode 23: We Attended the CARPHA Health Research Conference
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Episode 23: We Attended the CARPHA Health Research Conference

Wednesday 25th July, 2018

Today we discuss a recent conference that we attended, the 63rd annual CARPHA Health Research Conference which was held right here is S Kitts.

Podcast Update, Self-Management Course and Fibroids Webinar Series
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Podcast Update, Self-Management Course and Fibroids Webinar Series

Wednesday 11th July, 2018

Today we provide an update on two upcoming events – our Chronic Disease Self-Management Course and our Fibroids Self-Care Webinar Series. We also talk briefly about changes to our podcast schedule.

Episode 21: Childhood Obesity, A Youth Perspective on the Solutions
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Episode 21: Childhood Obesity, A Youth Perspective on the Solutions

Wednesday 4th July 2018

Today’s episode is the final episode in our childhood obesity series and our volunteers Vikell and Marecia discuss the solutions to childhood obesity.

Episode 20: How We Stay Healthy
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Episode 20: How We Stay Healthy

Wednesday 27th June, 2018

Our volunteers are back with another episode in their childhood obesity series. Today, is a quick podcast with Marecia, Eurecia, Jorecia, Chris and Vikell sharing how they stay healthy. In this episode they provide some great insight on easy ways to adopt a healthy lifestyle. They’re on a mission to make the Caribbean a healthy place.

Episode 19: Childhood Obesity, A Youth Perspective on the Causes
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Episode 19: Childhood Obesity, A Youth Perspective on the Causes

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Welcome back to the Lake Health and Wellbeing podcast. In today’s episode our volunteers from the St Kitts Department of Youth Empowerment’s Volunteer Corp are back with the second episode in their childhood obesity series.

In today’s episode Marecia, Eurecia, Jorecia, Chris and Vikell have an interesting and lively discussion on the causes of childhood obesity. In this episode they cover:

  • The sale of unhealthy food near schools
  • Why teachers might not step in and encourage healthy behaviours in children
  • Cultural beliefs about weight
  • Inactivity and some of the reasons why today’s children aren’t as active as the generations before them
  • And much, much more!

You can get involved in this discussion by leaving a comment or question in the comments section below or emailing us your thoughts on this subject.

You can also support this project by signing the Healthy Caribbean Coalition’s Childhood Obesity Prevention Petition here

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Podcast Music:

“Too Cool” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Episode 18: Childhood Obesity, A Youth Perspective
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Episode 18: Childhood Obesity, A Youth Perspective

Wednesday 13th June, 2018

In today’s episode our volunteers provide a brief introduction to give you a taste of what to expect from their childhood obesity podcast series. They touch on causes and solutions, and discuss the HCC’s childhood obesity prevention petition.