Monday, June 18, 2018

Canada's Food Guide: UofC June 2018





Dr. Norm Campbell

Canada’s Food Guide from food as a source of health and wellness to now being the leading risk for death and disability in Canada (and the world).  
Leading risks High Blood pressure and nutrition  www.healthdata.org Feb 2018, global burden
Sodium, saturated fat and simple sugars
Meneton et al, 2005 graph societies that don’t eat processed foods, their BP doesn’t increase with age like those nations that do. 
1/3 of people have risk of hypertension due to salt
Statistics Canada find very few Canadians have healthy diets
Food Awareness and Labelling: surveys indicate widespread inability to accurately interpret the NFP’s even in people who indicate they can read the label well.  18% of food labels were more than 20% inaccurate on sodium
There are over 30 front of package labels many (photo)
Food Controversy paid scientists that provide fake news to actively socially market food as one of the leading industries.  Policy: targets for and timelines, healthy food procurement policies,
Processed food diest lead to dietary risks leading risk for death


















Health Canada
Health Eating Strategy Oct 2016
Hasan Hutchinson & William Yan
Food Guide
Restricting Marketing 3rd reading on Bill s
Publish final regulations in Canada Gazette Part II in Fall 2018.
Sodium taget is 2300mg a day



Kim Kessler
The role of localities 
Diet Related diseases
Healthy food has gotten more expensive
Procurement Standards Holistic Approach to Nutrition
7% reduction in sodium
Setting targets for ~15 food categories
Sugary drinks are about half of the sugar ingested by Americans
Media campaigns on sugar 37% decline in sugary drinks
 Health Bucks Making fruits and vegetables
Pharmacy to farm prescription for high BP to give them $30 coupon for healthy whole foods FVRx
Seek opportunities for sustainable change, change the context.  Inaction is not an option


Kim Raine
UofA School of Public Health.  Alberta’s nutrition report ard on Food Environments for children and youth.
Nutrition report card,






Shannon Dorum,
YMCA
Teaching Kitchen in their new facility, where food comes from

Erin Gionet,
Alex Community food Centre
Provide food education in Forest Lawn, with dignity. 
Healthy food access, healthy food
You learn a lot about someone when you share a meal together

Eric Dulong
P2 Patient and Family advisory
How & Why we eat what we eat
Eating Mindfulness

Day 2: June 19, 2018
Mary L’Abbe
Department of Nutritional Sciences UofT
Global Accountablility framework World Health Organization







Compare Canada’s efforts


Kenton Delsile
Alberta’s Policies





Food Marketing to Children

Hussan Hutchinson
Health Canada


Kim Raine

We need to think about how we protect our children without putting them in a box.
The only time children are not exposed to marketing of food is when they are sleeping. Just under 2billion $ spent a year on food marketing

Mary L'Abbe

Nutrient Profiling: The science of classifying or ranking foods



Charlene Elliot



Processed food purchases have doubled in 70years to 60% of family household

Fun Food Indicators
367 products 89%  - 91% poor quality due to high levels of sugar, fat and sodium
"Better for you" Marketing claim
Gluten Free is the new "Better for you"
Koala Crisps had more sugar than lucky charms
Character Licensing


Ashley Hughes
Lets stop #market2kids
http://stopmarketingtokids.ca/


https://www.heartandstroke.ca/-/media/pdf-files/canada/2017-heart-month/heartandstroke-reportonhealth2017.ashx

Valerie Tarasuk
1/8 homes are food insecure
The only solution to food insecurity is improving income, more $ more food.
Indigenous Cultural Competency Education

Donald Barker
Food Policy that reduces food insecurity, and how we frame sustainable eating patterns
Food insecurity canot be resolved without food income
5 tips to increasing your nutrition without emptying your wallet!
1. Plan, plan, plan― and stick to the plan.
2. Buy your food in bulk or packaged in bags.
3. Avoid name-brand products.
4. Buy less pre-packaged and convenience foods.
5. Have more meatless meals.

Bobbi Turko
I can for Kids

Mary Salvani
Food deserts, and inaccessible access to food
Humans living in poverty and/or with disabilities are too embarrassed to admit that they are, and nobody gives them credit when they are resourceful.”

Chelsea Crowshoe
“How do people culturally identify with food?”
Historically Food rations included, sugar, flour and

Derek Hassay
Innovation vs Creativity
“Transforming creative ideas into valuable or profitable solutions”
Food is so many different things to people
“Don’t dig your grave with your own knife and fork”
“To eat is a necessity but to eat intelligently is an art.”
Food for tots:  http://www.fft.ca/

Shahzadi Devje
Ismalli Nutrition Centre

Charlene Elliott
Teaching Media Literacy with respect to food marketing
Students are not given the skill set to make healthy food choices.  They don’t know how to interpret media literacy.
Nutrition Literacy




Irfhan Rawji
Carrot Rewards
 Rewards for eating well
74% - 11% Attrition
Nudge Theory: people write their goals
Challenge your friends on physical goals


Hon. Nancy Green Raine
http://nancygreeneraine.ca/en/senator-greene-raines-child-health-protection-act-passes-house-commons-committee/
http://nancygreeneraine.ca/en/senator-raines-testimony-s-228-h-c-health-committee/

"Don't overlook the Senate
"Coaches should never reward athletes with candy, this needs to be apart of the ethos"
"Are you shoulding on me?"  Not dictators but motivators.


Other misc. Quotes, things mentioned, ect.
“If I study it, I won’t do it.”
O’Brien Institute for Public Health, UofC
https://www.kidney.ca/document.doc?id=4384
Now is the right time for change
Courage to just do it, get it done and it takes everyone through collaboration