Community Outreach: Constitution Hill Health Fair

The Healthy Food Policy Team led by Suzanne Soares-Wynter participated in an Easter Health Fair on April 10, 2023 in the Constitution Hill Community in East Rural St. Andrew as part of CAIHR’s community outreach. In keeping with the goals of the health fair, Research Assistants Annalee Gray Brown and Laura Findlay provided nutrition counselling and distributed information handouts on healthy nutrition for disease prevention, physical activity

The CAIHR booth attracted many visitors who came to listen to healthy lifestyle presentations on how to read food labels, school child nutrition, limiting sugar intake and sodium-reduction. Anthropometry screening for children and adults were popular activities.