PM Browne Urges Action as About One in Three Adults in Antigua and Barbuda Live With Obesity
The prime minister called for individual and collective action, highlighting diet, exercise and adequate rest.
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has called on Antiguans and Barbudans to take individual and collective action to address obesity, which affects roughly one in three adults in the country.
“Let’s collectively and individually address this issue of obesity and its attendant health consequences, through diet, exercise and adequate rest,” Browne wrote on social media.
A regional graphic published by Times Caribbean put adult obesity prevalence in Antigua and Barbuda at 34.6 per cent. Econorama lists the same figure for 2024, citing the World Health Organization’s Global Health Observatory. The WHO’s country dashboard lists an age-standardised estimate of 33.2 per cent for adults aged 18 and older in 2022.
The WHO dashboard also estimates that 23.4 per cent of children and adolescents aged five to 19 in Antigua and Barbuda were living with obesity in 2022. That represents nearly one in four people in that age group.
Obesity is associated with a higher risk of chronic illnesses, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The local figures show that obesity is a public health concern across age groups in Antigua and Barbuda.
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