Caribbean News
Holiday Health Gifts for your Man
By Dana Malcolm
Staff Writer
December 23, 2022 – With Christmas comes the new year and with that New Year’s resolutions. For many of us the recurring theme is “I’ll work out this year.” If your husband, brother, uncle or son is one of the men who is determined to get fitter next year you can help that journey with a few Christmas gifts to keep them on track.
Massage tools. Used by athletes and other professionals to get rid of those awful knots and kinks, massage guns and rollers can be an amazing tool to help with relief after a difficult workout.
A cookbook. It’s always good to have a cookbook full of healthy meals on hand to get rid of the temptation to snack or eat out.
An Air fryer. This allows them to satisfy that craving for crunchy fried food without the dangerous amounts of oil.
A heavy duty water bottle. To take on those morning runs, walks or biking trips so their water keeps cool and they are never dehydrated.
A heavy duty blender. For all the protein mixes that they will inevitably want to drink and that will certainly clog up the blenders that aren’t strong enough.
A portable water bottle blender. Becoming more popular in recent years these allow users to bring their fruit, milk etc. along with them and only blend when they’re ready to drink, guaranteeing a fresh smoothie for after workouts or for lunch, no more separating smoothies in the work fridge!
A healthy snack subscription box. To beat all the cravings while keeping their waistlines and macros in check. If you can’t find a subscription box that they will like, pick out healthy alternatives to their favorite snacks, add them to your Amazon essentials and schedule them for delivery once a month.
Exercise equipment. For the men who are working up the confidence to go to the gym, some dumbbells and a barbell at home can be a good place to start.
New gifts can help those health based resolutions and vision boards see fruition, an all-around win for you and the men in your life.
KINGSTON, April 29 (JIS):
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, says the outcome of discussions arising from the Jamaica National Stakeholder Consultation on Climate Services and the 1st National Climate Forum (NCF-1) will assist in guiding the Government’s planning for climate change.
This, he points out, is important for climate mitigation as well as building Jamaica’s resilience.
“We look forward to the discussions that will, no doubt, take place. We look forward to the basis of planning for the Government to streamline its investments to ensure you have the tools that you need to better advise us, that the WRA (Water Resources Authority) has the tools to digitise its monitoring network, and that all of the agencies that touch our planning mechanisms have the tools. But we need to know what we are facing, and we’re guided by your expertise,” Minister Samuda said.
He was addressing the opening ceremony for the Jamaica National Stakeholder Consultation on Climate Services and the 1st National Climate Forum (NCF-1) at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in New Kingston on Monday (April 29).
Senator Samuda said given the fact that the climate has changed and continues to do so, investments in and collaborations on building Jamaica’s predictive and scientific capacity must be prioritised.
“Ultimately, we need to be able to assess our current climatic realities if we are to better plan, if we’re to insist and ensure that our infrastructure meets the needs that we need it to. I’m very happy that this event is happening… because this is a critical issue.
“Jamaica, last year, faced its worst and most severe drought… and this year, we’re already seeing the impacts of not quite as severe a drought but, certainly, a drought with severe impacts, especially in the western part of the country,” he said.
Principal Director, Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson, explained that the forum aims to, among other things, establish a collaboration platform for climate services providers and users to understand risks and opportunities of past, present and future climate developments, as well as improve inter-agency coordination of policies, plans and programmes.
Among the other presenters were Ambassador, European Union to Jamaica, Her Excellency Marianne Van Steen; Chief Scientist/Climatologist, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology, Adrian Trotman; and Head, Regional Climate Prediction Services, World Meteorological Organization, Wilfran Moufouma-Okia.
The Meteorological Service of Jamaica hosted the Jamaica National Stakeholder Consultation on Climate Services and the 1st National Climate Forum (NCF-1) in partnership with the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology and the World Meteorological Organization.
The National Stakeholder Consultation is a governance mechanism that guides how different sectors or actors work together to create products that contribute to adaptation and resilience-building. It seeks to create a road map for the development and implementation of climate services to inform decision-making.
NCF-1 aims to bridge the gap between climate providers and users. It increases the use of science-based information in decision-making and operations with the aim of generating and delivering co-produced and co-designed products and services.
CONTACT: CHRIS PATTERSON
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