A group of students
representing Guyana won the 2011 Caribbean Schools Food and Nutrition
Quiz Competition, an initiative organized by the Caribbean Food and
Nutrition Institute (CFNI). The contest seeks to improve the image of
food and nutrition in the Caribbean region, promote good nutrition and
healthy lifestyles in schools and communities, and help students in
their preparation for local and regional examinations in nutrition and
related subjects.
The team from Queens
College Secondary School in Guyana won first place, and HJ Robinson High
School of Turks and Caicos placed second. Both teams will receive
expenses-paid trips as prizes, among other recognition. The Guyana team
will travel to Jamaica, while the Turks and Caicos students will travel
to Guyana.
Competing
students had to answer questions about nutrition throughout the life
course, regional food and nutrition security, effects of nutritional
deficiencies and excesses, science and nutrition, indicators of
nutritional status, and essential and non-essential amino acids. In all,
11 national teams participated, from Anguilla, Antigua, Belize,
Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, Saint Vincent
the Grenadines, Trinidad y Tobago, y Turks and Caicos. More than 180
students and teachers from secondary schools throughout Guyana witnessed
the contest as spectators.
Mr. Olato Sam, Chief
Education Officer of Guyana, welcomed the visiting participants to
Guyana and conveyed greetings on behalf of the Ministry of Education.
Dr. Henry Fitzroy, Director of CFNI, gave opening remarks. PAHO’s
country office in Guyana helped organize the event.
CFNI is a Specialized
Center of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health
Organization (PAHO/WHO), established in 1967 to forge a regional
approach to solving the nutrition problems of the Caribbean.
Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization
525 Twenty-third Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037, United States of America
Tel.: +1 (202) 974-3000 Fax: +1 (202) 974-3663
