The Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute and its partners from the Ministries of Health in the Caribbean region, will host a Caribbean Nutrition Day (CND) celebration on 1 June 2005 under the theme Healthy Eating and Active Living. In Jamaica, the objective of the celebration this year is to promote increased consumption of fruits and encourage walking as a means of increasing physical activity.
The Jamaica celebration will focus on education, promotion and participation. With the endorsement of the Ministries of Education and Health, the celebration in Jamaica will take the form of a Healthy Lifestyle Extravaganza comprised of a Fun Walk around the Ring Road of the UWI Campus as well as tours of nutrition education displays and booths. The venue of the event will be at CFNI (Car Park and Lawns), Gibraltar Camp Road (entrance through the Post Office gate of the campus).
Activities will commence at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 1 and end at 1:00 p.m. All fun walkers are asked to bring a fruit which will be eaten after the walk. A healthy snack and juice will be provided after the walk. Members of the public are invited to attend.