Robertson expects more damage from ashfall
Kingstown – The lead scientist monitoring the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano, Professor Richard Robertson is predicting that more damage from ash should...
RBPF: Public safety during volcanic ashfall
The Royal Barbados Police Force has issued some guidelines for public safety in light of the ashfall from the explosive eruptions of the La...
CHILDHOOD OBESITY COVD-19 AND MENTAL HEALTH:
CHILDHOOD OBESITY
COVD-19 AND MENTAL HEALTH:
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are literally killing us early. NCDs have been estimated to be responsible for 8 out of 10 deaths in Barbados and they are esti-mated to account for 60% of the country’s health expenditure. The economic cost of NCDs here has reached over $ 209 million annually.
Obesity increases the likelihood of developing
INTEGRATION WORK-LIFE
INTEGRATION WORK-LIFE
by
Jomo Phillips MSSW-MFT (Clinical Fellow AAMFT)
Couple & Family Therapist/Clinical Social Worker
An organisation recently asked me to present at an online forum for entrepreneurs in the service industry. The organisers requested that I focus on mental health, particularly “balancing work and life,” given the current challenges that many people are experiencing
5 SIMPLE WAYS TO BUILD YOUR DEFENSE
5 SIMPLE
WAYS TO BUILD YOUR
DEFENSE
by
Janea Ifill, Registered
Nutritionist
To survive COVID-19 you have to build a strong defense. This defense is our body’s immune system.
A strong immune system is what helps us to fight off a common cold, a mosquito bite and help our cuts and bruises heal. Do you find you often have colds, or you are tired all the time?
It may mean
VEGAN VERSUS PLANT BASED:
by
Victoria Cox, MSC, Registered Dietitian
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
Nutrition
“
Plant-based” – this is a buzzword that we are hearing about increasingly; it even pops up on food-product packaging. But what does a plant-based diet really refer to? It is often used interchangeably with “vegan”, a term that many of us are familiar with; however, in reality, a plant-based diet