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    Barbados’s Trident: A Multipronged Approach to Combatting Childhood Obesity through Advocacy, Policy, and Education
    (2024-02) Dumé, Gabrielle; Sullivan, Megan T.; Syed, Adib A.; Vij, Pritika; Wang, Yufeng; De Souza-Kenney, Leanne
    The focal point of the Barbadian Flag, the trident, is said to represent a break away from British colonialism, with the three spokes symbolizing the creation of a government of, by, and for the people. In 2007, against a backdrop of the increasing presence of noncommunicable diseases, the Caribbean community convened at the Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago to produce a declaration directly targeted at combatting and preventing such diseases. Barbados has one of the highest levels of commitment to this declaration. This report details the manner in which Barbados was able to achieve success in combatting childhood obesity by using a “trident” of advocacy, policy, and education as well as the challenges it has and will face in the process. We explore Barbados’s multifaceted approach to combatting childhood obesity and describe the contributors to childhood obesity, initiatives undertaken to combat it, barriers to the success of these initiatives, and strategies for future implementation. Holistic, cross-sectoral, and people-centric policymaking have been crucial to the country’s approach, made possible by an active partnership between government and civil society organization.