Improving household nutrition security and public health in the CARICOM
Caribbean countries have the worse epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and premature mortality from NCDs in the Region of the Americas. One of the leading risk factors for NCDs is overweight and obesity, primarily due to unhealthy diets. In the “non-Latin Caribbean”, overweight and obesity rates average 45.9% for men and 60.7% among women with 8% of children <5 years being overweight. These rates worsen each year. Creating enabling environments to improve dietary diversity would contribute significantly to reducing obesity and diet related NCDs.