Review: Evaluating existing policies to address overweight and obesity in the Anglophone Caribbean: A narrative review of Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, and Trinidad & Tobago.
Journal
Obesity Pillars (Online)
ISSN: 2667-3681
Titre abrégé: Obes Pillars
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9918697364706676
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2023
Jun 2023
Historique:
received:
10
12
2022
revised:
20
02
2023
accepted:
28
02
2023
medline:
22
11
2023
pubmed:
22
11
2023
entrez:
22
11
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Overweight and obesity continues to be a burden to the health and well-being of Caribbean residents. The rise of childhood obesity and non-communicable diseases within the Caribbean is a major public health challenge for policymakers, educators and health professionals. These alarming rates of obesity also pose a threat to the sustainability of existing health systems particularly in small island developing states like the Caribbean. Therefore, it is crucial to evaluate existing policies and create policy solutions to address these problems and reduce the potential impact later on. This systematic review explored existing policies among countries within the Anglophone Caribbean to identify trends within the region. The literature search focused on the following themes: (i) national policies (ii) school nutrition policies and programs (iii) physical activity among youth, and (iv) food import bill and food security. An analysis was conducted on literature from national, regional and international institutions including but not limited to the World Health Organization, Ministries of Health and the Healthy Caribbean Coalition. Countries throughout the region has acknowledged the challenges with overweight and obesity in the region. Collectively decisions have been made to address food insecurity and promote healthy lifestyle behaviours through policy changes. There's still a need for Caribbean countries to work together to create effective policy solutions in collaboration with community service organizations and other stakeholders. As small island developing states grappling with the same issues, pooling resources to create effective regional policies can help to address this public health crisis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37990655
doi: 10.1016/j.obpill.2023.100060
pii: S2667-3681(23)00006-2
pmc: PMC10662106
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
100060Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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