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Alliance for the Prevention of Chronic Disease
Conference
Healthier Nutrition for Kids
February 24, 2011
Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Health Canada
FPT Ministers’ Collaboration
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In September 2010, the Ministers of Health and/or Health
Promotion/Healthy Living (except Quebec)* endorsed the Declaration on
Prevention and Promotion.
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The Declaration is a written, public statement of vision from the Federal,
Provincial and Territorial Health Ministers to work together, and with
others, to make the promotion of health and prevention of disease,
disability and injury a priority for action.
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Health Ministers also endorsed Curbing Childhood Obesity: A FederalProvincial-Territorial Framework for Action to Promote Healthy Weights,
which is the first action resulting from the Declaration
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Curbing Childhood Obesity: An FPT Framework
for Action to Promote Healthy Weights
Key priorities of the Framework include:
• Childhood Obesity Engagement Strategy
• Supportive environments and early action
• Availability and accessibility of nutritious foods
• Marketing to children of foods and beverages high
in fat, sugar and/or sodium
• Measurement and reporting
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ONPP Activities: Policy and Standard Setting
Set National Dietary Guidelines
Prenatal Nutrition Guidelines:
• Development and dissemination of information for intermediaries and
pregnant women
 A web-based background document for health professionals
 A print handout on healthy weight gain (in tear sheet format)
 An online interactive tool titled Pregnancy Weight Gain Calculator
Infant Feeding Guidelines:
• Undertake joint process with Canadian Paediatric Society and
Dietitians of Canada to review and update evidence-informed infant
feeding recommendations
• Consult on recommendations for infants from 0-6 months
• Established external expert advisory group to provide advice to Health
Canada
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ONPP Activities: Policy and Standard Setting
Influence broader initiatives and strategies that impact the
environment in which food choices are made.
• Supporting P/T efforts in improving consistency of school food
guidelines and enhancing implementation efforts
• Chairing the Public Health Network’s Task Team on Availability
and Accessibility of Nutritious Foods
• Participating on the Public Health Network’s Task Team on
Marketing of Food and Beverages to Children
• Considering the development or adaptation of a nutrient profiling
model, which could be used in various applications
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ONPP Activities: Healthy Eating Education and
Promotion
• The Eat Well and Be Active Educational Toolkit
• The Nutrition Facts Education Campaign
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The Eat Well and Be Active Educational Toolkit
• Promotes healthy eating
and physical activity
• Includes:
• a poster
• colourful images
• activity plans
• Web site:
www.health.gc.ca/eatwell-beactive
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The Nutrition Facts Education Campaign
A collaboration of industry, federal government
and media.
Consumers can find information on packaged
foods, in TV and print ads, online media and on
Health Canada’s Web site.
The Goals of the Campaign are to:
• Increase knowledge and use of the Nutrition
Facts table, specifically the % DV.
• Help consumers use this information to make
informed food choices.
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The Nutrition Facts Education Campaign
Components:
• Web:
www.healthcanada.gc.ca/dailyvalue
• Factsheet
• On-package
• Print
• TV
• In-Store Information
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Visit the Web site
www.healthcanada.gc.ca/dailyvalue
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ONPP Activities: Knowledge Development and
Exchange
• Support the advancement of the scientific underpinning for the
development of national dietary guidance through the Dietary
Reference Intakes
• Develop research reports, tools and resources to support
evidence-based policy and program development.
• Canadian Journal of Public Health supplement: Supportive
Environments for Learning: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
within Comprehensive School Health (2010)
• Improving Cooking and Food
Preparation Skills Reports (2010)
• Articles on Canadians’ Nutrient Intakes
(CCHS 2.2) by life stages (2010)
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ONPP Activities: Food and Nutrition Surveillance
• Lead Health Portfolio efforts on food and nutrition surveillance,
which includes:
 Advocating for and supporting the development of nutrition-related
content (including determinants of healthy eating): CCHS, NPHS,
and other surveys; Food Security module on the Survey of
Household Spending, 2010; Repeat of a nutrition survey for 2015.
 Publishing reports on results of CCHS 2.2, for example: Canada’s
Nutrition and Health Atlas
 Web Posting Food Security results from CCHS 2005, 2007-2008
and 2009 and Breastfeeding Practices in Canada from CCHS 2001
– 2008
• Identify and monitor key nutrition and healthy eating indicators
and advocates for their inclusion in health indicator systems (eg.
CIHI-STC Health Indicators, Healthy Living Strategy indicators)
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ONPP Activities: Partnership Tables and Expert
Groups
FPT Group on Nutrition
Network on Healthy Eating
Food and Nutrition Surveillance working group
Dietary Reference Intake Steering Committee
Infant Feeding Expert Advisory Group
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For more information
Visit ONPP’s web site:
http://www.healthcanada.gc.ca/nutrition
Join our electronic mailing list:
[email protected]
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