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

Lake Health and Wellbeing

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Welcome back to our series on childhood obesity which has been led by our volunteers Chris, Joercia, Marecia, Eurecia and Vikell. Today’s episode is the final episode in the series and Vikell and Marecia discuss the solutions to childhood obesity. They cover:

Nutrition
Exercise
The importance of drinking more water
Focusing on holistic health and our overall wellbeing
The need for young people to get enough rest

Previous Episodes

You can listen to previous episodes in this series by clicking on the links below:

Useful Resources

During the episode Marecia mentioned the Fit Camp. If you’re based in St Kitts and are interested in getting fit and active, then check out Fit Camp which meets on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6pm to 7pm at Sandy Point.

The Healthy Caribbean Coalition’s Campaign

Just a reminder that this podcast series and the work we’re doing with our volunteers is part of the work that we’re undertaking to support the Healthy Caribbean Coalition’s childhood obesity prevention campaign. To find out more about this campaign you can visit their website here or follow the campaign on social media using the hashtag #TooMuchJunk.

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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/

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