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