Lake Health and Wellbeing

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
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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.

Wednesday 6th June, 2018

We share how we went from being demotivated to being motivated again, and all it took was us getting out into the community to remind us why we do what we do.

We’re so happy to announce that our June Fibroids Twitter Chat will be with Angèle  Mbarga on 21^st June 2018 at 6:30pm CEST (that’s 5:30pm GMT, or 12:30pm AST).

Angèle  Mbarga is the Founder of Fibrome Info France which she established in 2011 to provide a place of healing dedicated to women suffering from fibroids. Angèle’s personal experience with fibroids motivated her to start Fibrome Info France to fill the gaps in support that she noticed when she was first diagnosed.

Through their support groups, Fibrome Info France supports over 1500 women every year, they assess women’s personal circumstances and then match them with a relevant support plan. In addition to providing support to women, they raise awareness, provide information on the complications of fibroids and are working towards improving the care that women receive.

They released an awareness video in 2012, in 2013 they published an information leaflet in collaboration with the Ministry of Women’s Rights and the Regional Council of Ile-de-France and in 2014 they worked with doctors to create an information and supportive guide for patients.

Fibrome Info France is making a significant difference in France and you can learn more about their work in our upcoming #FibroidsChat. To take part in the conversation find us on Twitter on 21st June at  6:30pm (French time) and use the hashtag #FibroidsChat.

You can find out more about Fibrome Info France here: http://fibrome-info-france.org/

Wednesday 30th May, 2018

In today’s episode of our podcast we speak to Jo-Ann Hamilton, the founder of Secret Birds, about her 10-year journey with fibroids.

Wednesday 23rd May, 2018

In today’s episode we focus on a study that we really, really love – the Harvard Adult Development Study, affectionately known as the Harvard Happiness Study.

Wednesday 16th May, 2018

We’ve had a  lot of interesting meetings, which we’re quite exited about so we thought we’d take a few minutes to update you on what we’ve been planning. 

Wednesday 9th May, 2018

In this episode we put the spotlight on an interesting public health project, Brothers Thrive, a community-based mental health project aimed at black men in New York.

Wednesday 2nd May, 2018

In this week’s episode we have a really interesting and insightful conversation with Le’Nise Brothers, the founder of Eat Love Move, about fibroids, hormones, diet and lifestyle.

Wednesday 25th April 2018

Today we’ll be speaking to Sheila about the documentary Right Between Your Ears which explores how people believe, how we turn beliefs into certainties and mistake them for the truth.