Barbados is facing an urgent health situation that could condemn a generation of young people to early heart disease, diabetes and stroke if childhood obesity is not dramatically reduced, warns president of the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP) Dr Lynda Williams.
Delivering the feature address at the Barbados Heart and Stroke Foundation’s 40th anniversary luncheon held at Sandals Barbados Resort in Maxwell, Christ Church, yesterday, she called for an all-of-society response to what she described as a “Category 5 NCD (non-communicable disease) hurricane” sweeping acros
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