Obesity forum to examine issues in Cayman
Posted on Thu, 11/01/2012 - 13:45 in Health
(CNS): Baptist Health International along with the Cayman Heart Fund, Cayman Islands Medical & Dental Society and St Matthew’s University will be hosting a health symposium later this month on obesity. With childhood obesity and related ailments like diabetes being a growing concern for the residents of the Cayman Islands, organisers said that The Obesity Epidemic conference will provide insight into combating this pressing issue. According to HSA statistics, some 45% of the kids entering the local school system are already obese. Health Minister Mark Scotland will give the opening remarks along with Rolston Anglin, the education minister, before a group of medical experts drill down to problems the country faces from obesity and its related illnesses.
Baptist Health specialists Anthony M. Gonzalez, M.D., and Ana M. Viamonte Ros, M.D., as well as Grand Cayman’s only endocrinologist, Diane Hislop-Chesnut, M.D., will be presenting information and facts, recommendations on associated complications and insights into obesity and future trends.
Some 200 members of the medical community are expected to attend the event, which is open to the public. The event will take place on Friday, 9 November at St Matthew’s University, School of Medicine in Regatta Office Park.
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In the real world fast food
In the real world fast food outlets are not allowed to be sited next to schools.....
In the real world the school bus does not stop every 30 yards to let kids off to waddle home....
In the real world kids are not allowed to be used to promote burger joints.....
In the real world BK is not a regular healthy eating establishment for kids ( or their overweight parents)...
Oh I forgot.....this ain't the real world this is a place where everyone has their snout in some kind of trough...
There are no obese people in
There are no obese people in Cayman
Healthy Eating and Exercise?
Healthy Eating and Exercise?
Lets start with the
Lets start with the politicians to set the example. Are you listeing Kurt and Mac?
And Ezzard too
And Ezzard too
Dey mussy kresey tinkin dey
Dey mussy kresey tinkin dey ga stop me eatin heawey kake, wose ef dey try tell me i kant eat ribs or tudle meat, dey ken cum ya all dey want but Big Al nuh ga listen to one wod dey say!!
I just read an article today,
I just read an article today, about how in the US and the UK, human patients are having to be sent to zoos for MRI's as hospital equipment cannot accomodate them.
How long before that is an issue here?
When trick or treating, if
When trick or treating, if you are obese, don't drive your child from house to house. Walk. It is only 100 yards at a time.
Ezz: I want my country
Ezz: I want my country back!
Kut: I want baby backs!
Mac: I want tuttle back!
How about eating 5
How about eating 5 cheeseburgers instead of 6. Its a good start.
Maybe if they didn't look up
Maybe if they didn't look up to their leadership?
Its very simple. There's too
Its very simple.
There's too many fast food places serving crap;
Kids have no interest in playing sports;
Kids fester too long in front of a playstation screen eating crisps and chocolate;
Kids drink too much sugary crap;
Close down all these stupid social network sites its brain washing the world;
Problem causing this - poor parenting.
There's no infrastructure
There's no infrastructure here. People build walls and fences right up to the road so one cannot walk anywhere safely. Cyclists are threatened with death by cowardly drivers. Where are the public basketball and tennis courts?
"The Obesity Epidemic
"The Obesity Epidemic conference will provide insight into combating this pressing issue" Here is the main insight - don't eat so much. Here is the second one - do some exercise. Here is the third - it is almost certainly not your metabolic rate or your genes, that is the problem, it is almost certainly the amout you eat and the lack of exercise.
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