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PARTS OF NEW SCHOOL NUTRITION GUIDELINES RAISE EYEBROW OF CHILDREN’S ADVOCATE
By Emmanuel Joseph
A children’s advocate has described as intrusive and absurd a directive from the Ministry of Education that teachers must monitor what students eat at school to ensure compliance with the National School Nutrition Policy.
Felicia Dujon, who is also a human rights activist and advocate for parents, also raised
CONCESSIONAIRES SAY INTRODUCTION OF NEW FOOD RESTRICTIONS IN SCHOOLS RUSHED
By Sheria Brathwaite
Some canteen concessionaires are not pleased about the way in which the National School Nutrition Policy was implemented. They say it was “rushed” when it should have really been “phased in”.
They have also accepted that it will be a major challenge to comply with the new set of guidelines.
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Teachers selling in schools are being scolded by the Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN).
While the National School Nutrition Policy is not in practice and there is no standard regulation a.
By Marlon Madden
One of the island’s leading epidemiology researchers is warning that unless firm actions are taken now Barbados faces an uphill battle reducing incidence of obesity, much less stopping it.
This caution has come from Dr Natasha Sobers, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus, who suggested that the increased tax on