Rise of obesity, alcohol and tobacco use among Caribbean youth worrying

Caricom Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque is sounding an alarm over the health of the region’s young people, with current data pointing to increasing trends of obesity due to unhealthy diets, sedentary lifestyles, and consumption of tobacco and alcohol and at earlier ages.

On the occasion of Caribbean Wellness Day 2013, which is being observed today, LaRocque is warning that