The Business Systems Limited ‘Nobesity Samoa’ team visited Vaiala Beach Primary School last Friday.
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The programme is about getting kids involved in healthy eating habits and physical activities to prevent obesity. The Nobesity programme targets school children between Years 1-8 in the urban areas of the country.
Nixon Mata’ia of Business Systems Limited said that ‘We will be visiting other schools and doing more of this awareness throughout this year.’
“It's an annual event and we are so proud we have this opportunity to reach out to kids at such a young age because we believe this is a good age to train and educate them to start eating healthily.”
Principal Lorraine Williams agreed that teaching youngsters about making good choices and leading healthy and active lifestyles cannot start too early. “For this session, it was our Year 5-8 who attended the programme but we are hoping the team will come back and address our Year 1-4 classes too.”
“Obviously a healthy lifestyle with an emphasis on prevention of the many non-communicable diseases is what we want for the future generations.” This initiative is to promote a health-conscious lifestyle in Samoa. It is a collaboration between Business Systems Limited and One Touch Ministries. It is also supported by the Nutrition Department of the Ministry of Health.
A report by the World Health Organisation last year ranked Samoa as having one of the highest rates of obesity in the world.
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