The Aruba Project: One Happy Island to One Heavy Island to One Healthy Island - The Journey of Transformation

The WHO classifies physical inactivity as a global public health problem and childhood obesity as one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century. In 2014, Dr. Richard Visser’s proposal was nominated for the Award of Excellence in Public Health. Get insight into the lessons learned enabling Aruba to become a happier, healthier island including actionable steps to take which include the creation of a roadmap to change. - The roadmap includes: o Steps for conducting a population baseline studyo Creation of an awareness campaigno Obtaining approval of the action plan by the stakeholders and Governmento How to make changes in infrastructureo A guide to creating an institute to promote a healthy lifestyleo An introduction to the Exercise is Medicine initiativeo How to measure and monitor ongoing progress