We should encourage more Member States to adopt measures to discourage consumption of high sugar, trans fat and salt products: SG on Caribbean Wellness Day
As we observe this year’s commemoration under the theme “Love that Body – Eat Healthy, Live Longer”, we must encourage more Member States to adopt the measures recently taken by two of our Member States to discourage the consumption of products with high sugar, trans fats and salt content.
These measures will not be without resistance from industry but evidence from the United States shows that at the local level there has been a 33 per cent reduction in premature mortality due to NCDs in its communities by curbing these risk factors.
From CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque’s Message for Caribbean Wellness Day, 12 September 2015
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