Health and education officials in Barbados are sharing ideas on how to accelerate the removal of ultra-processed products from schools across the region.
They are hoping this will be one of several strategic approaches to address the issue of childhood obesity, which they said has become very worrisome.
They are holding discussions at a two-day event which opened on Tuesday at the Courtyard by Marriott Bridgetown, hosted by the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) and the Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO), and attended by several local and regional stakeholders.
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