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Chester Sam­bra­no

The Min­istry of Health of Trinidad and To­ba­go is urg­ing cit­i­zens to adopt health­i­er lifestyles and take ac­tion against obe­si­ty as the coun­try marked World Obe­si­ty Day un­der the theme “8 Bil­lion Rea­sons to Act on Obe­si­ty.”

In a joint mes­sage, Health Min­is­ter Dr Lack­ram Bo­doe and Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Health Dr Rishad Seecher­an de­scribed obe­si­ty as a com­plex, chron­ic dis­ease that in­creas­es the risk of di­a­betes, heart dis­ease, can­cer and res­pi­ra­to­ry ill­ness. They said it al­so car­ries sig­nif­i­cant eco­nom­ic, psy­cho­log­i­cal and so­cial con­se­quences.