Sagicor helps WOW contest

(CNS): A battle of the bulge contest, designed to promote healthy lifestyles, has received a bonus from a local insurance company. Sagicor General is donating CI$3,800 to the Cayman Heart Fund’s War on Weight (WOW) competition, whereby 16 contestants are undertaking a new and healthy lifestyle over a 16 week period in order to lose weight. The funds will ease the cost of the sixteen contestants’ war on weight, and will go towards paying for the various medical tests that the contestants need in order to participate, as well as on going medical checks throughout the 16 weeks. 

Marketing Manager for Sagicor General Ravi Kapoor (above with CHF Treasurer Karen Bodden) said that health issues are an important focus at his firm. “We are delighted to be able to assist the War on Weight contest with this donation and hope that this initiative will motivate others in the Cayman Islands to adopt a healthier lifestyle,” he said.

Andrea Knox, who is part of the WOW committee, a sub-committee of the Cayman Heart Fund, says that the Sagicor donation will make a huge difference to the initiative.

“We are extremely fortunate to have a team of professionals donating their time and energies assisting us with the WOW programme, including nutritionistChad Collins, physicians Dr John Addleson and Dr Marli Ellis, trainer Ernest Ebanks of Body Sculptor and Cayman Health laboratories. Even so, tests such as blood tests for cholesterol, thyroid abnormalities and blood glucose readings all cost money and this donation will help to pay for these crucial checks on the contestants,” she explained.

Contestants were all carefully checked and tested before the programme began to ensure that they were physically fit and able to undertake the physically demanding initiative, which will include gym work outs and boot camps with Ebanks, thus promoting a healthy lifestyle. Henceforth they will be checked fortnightly throughout the sixteen week period.