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Child showing a front of package warning labels on a packet of biscuits

How front-of-package warning labels can protect our health

Sharing information for local and regional advocates to learn about experiences from other countries

Mona Heights students are holding their favorite fruits and saying 'we love fruits'.

My old primary school gets five stars for healthiness!

Mona Heights Primary doing great work to provide a school environment that demonstrates positive healthy nutrition and physical activity.

Protect Our Children's Health

Protect Our Children’s Health: Introduce Octagonal Warning Labels in Jamaica

Campaign highlights the importance of an effective food policy environment that supports healthy nutrition for children by implementing octagonal warning labels on food packages.

Photograph of Jamaican children eating healthy fruit at school

15 October 2019

Poor diets damaging children’s health worldwide, warns UNICEF

Poverty, urbanization, climate change and poor eating choices driving unhealthy diets

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and son Zyon

All Jamaican mothers deserve baby-friendly hospitals

Not many people know this, but my degree from UTech was in Child and Adolescent Development.