Prevention/Policy
Jul 25, 2007
 Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Nursing Practice: Focus on Children and Youth
AHA Scientific Statements |
Jun 29, 2007
Healthier food options to fight obesity in America
The American Medical Association (AMA) adopted policies at its Annual meeting to address factors that may be adding to the increase in obesity among Americans. |
Jun 20, 2007
Canada's New Government Calls on Industry to Adopt Limits for Trans Fat
Health Canada is adopting the Trans Fat Task Force’s recommendation on trans fats in Canadian foods, by calling on Canada’s food industry to limit the total fat content of vegetable oils and soft, spreadable margarines to 2 percent, and to limit the |
Jun 13, 2007
US Summit on Obesity Policy
The Summit brought together an eclectic group of organizations to develop policy recommendations in physical activity, nutrition, and health care. |
May 31, 2007
'Energy gap' figures in childhood obesity
Reducing a child's calorie intake (or increasing physical activity)by just 165 calories could help prevent weight gain. |
May 29, 2007
The Coalition against Morbid Obesity launches its activities!
Coalition against Morbid Obesity, a Québec-based non-profit organization which relies on the strength of association to reduce waiting lists for bariatric surgery in Québec. |
May 03, 2007
Banning Junk Food in Schools First Step in Tacking Child Obesity
The soaring levels of childhood obesity in American children have prompted an expert panel to recommend new nutritional standards for the nation's schools. Banning junk food from schools is being seen as the first step in tacking the obesity crisis i |
Apr 05, 2007
Group says it will spend $500 million to fight childhood obesity
The Robert Wood Johnson foundation plans to sponsor programs in USA that emphasize familiar themes like the "walking school bus,' where parents could herd students house-to-house and walk them to school. |
Mar 28, 2007
House of Commons Standing Committee on Health's new report on childhood obesity
By putting the health of our children first, our government can make real progress towards reducing obesity and its negative health effects |
Mar 08, 2007
Concept of a nutritious food: toward a nutrient density score.
the concept of a nutritious food is not based on any consistent standards or criteria. The naturally nutrient rich (NNR) score, which is based on mean percentage daily values (DVs) for 14 nutrients in 2000 kcal food, can be used to assign nutrient de |
Mar 01, 2007
Editorial: Eat less, move more
Only one change has ever proven to reduce calories and promote health: eating less, moving more. |
Feb 02, 2007
Bush Urges Stepped-Up Campaign Against Childhood Obesity
Bush urged companies considered responsible for aggravating the problem to stress the importance of healthful eating and physical fitness in their marketing campaigns. |
Feb 01, 2007
FCC Announces Childhood Obesity Taskforce Participants
The Federal Communications Commission announced the task force on "Media and Childhood Obesity with representatives of consumer advocacy groups, the food and beverage industry, media companies, and advertisers, as well as healthcare and academic expe |
Jan 26, 2007
Battle against obesity mirrors smoking fight
If we could get the food industry to stop their practices of offering hundreds of varieties of things and get back to the basics, I think food prices would drop and people would have the opportunity to engage in healthy eating |
Jan 24, 2007
Canada's schools fail the health test
In half of the boards, individual schools have contracts with Coca-Cola or Pepsi to provide soft drinks and snacks; 26 per cent of school boards say they have daily physical education this year. |
Jan 23, 2007
Obesity: report suggests ways to tackle rise in EU
Nutrition, physical activity and obesity are key priorities in the EU public health policy, including its action programme for public health |
Jan 17, 2007
National public health study to focus on obesity prevention in Finland
In the study, participants will be directed to a special obesity-related physical examination. The blood samples of those being examined will be screened for factors that can lead to obesity. |
Dec 24, 2006
Canada's New Government Establishes Program Eligibility for the Children's Fitness Tax Credit
The definition of eligible programs will support children's participation in all programs that significantly contribute to their fitness. In addition, the Minister indicated that substantial additional support would be provided to children eligible f |
Dec 06, 2006
B.C. should tax junk food because 1 in 4 kids are overweight, says report
BC should consider taxing some candies, confections and soft drinks, says an all-party committee of the province's legislature. The politicians made 36 recommendations to the government after holding hearings at high schools
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Nov 17, 2006
Europe to adopt strategy to deal with obesity
For the first time ever, ministers of health and senior policymakers from 53 countries in the WHO's European region will agree on a strategy for action and adopt a European Charter on Counteracting Obesity. |
Oct 26, 2006
Health minister announces $8.4 million for national heart health strategy
Clement said Sunday in Vancouver that the initiative is aimed at creating a unified framework for dealing with cardiovascular issues from prevention of disease through to rehabilitation.
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Oct 24, 2006
Quebec government teams with private foundation to fight obesity
Quebec Health Minister Philippe Couillard and former Videotron head Andre Chagnon have announced a $400 million funding partnership to to help Quebecers develop healthier lifestyles and lower obesity levels. |
Oct 06, 2006
Fighting childhood obesity around the world
2006 McGill Integrative Health Challenge Think Tank invites medicine and management to join forces |
Oct 01, 2006
State Releases Plan To Combat Obesity
The Eat Smart, Move More State Plan is a five-year plan offering overarching goals and measurable objectives for anyone working in the area of overweight and obesity prevention. |
Sep 29, 2006
Canada's obesity epidemic must be fixed by an investment in sports: ministers
Canada is facing a health crisis that will only get worse over the coming years, and prevention is the cure, provincial ministers for sport want Ottawa to invest in Canada's rapidly crumbling venues for recreational and amateur sport |
Sep 13, 2006
Nova Scotia decides to eliminate junk food from school cafeterias
The new nutrition policy requires that schools begin phasing out food and beverages with low nutritional values over the next three years. |
Sep 12, 2006
CMA wants National Children's Health Strategy
The "epidemic" of child obesity and poor health among Aboriginal children are among compelling reasons for the federal government to commit to national health goals and targets, as well as a national children's health strategy, the CMA says. In all, |
Sep 05, 2006
IOTF proposes (DRAFT) Guiding principles for reducing the commercial promotion of food and beverages to children ('THE SYDNEY PRINCIPLES') |
Aug 16, 2006
Docs want obesity subdued with 'fat tax'
Fruit and vegetables should be subsidised and high-calorie foods slapped with a "fat tax" to counter obesity epidemic. |
Aug 03, 2006
Minister of Finance Appoints Expert Panel to Advise on Children’s Fitness Tax Credit
Minister of Finance, announced the appointment today of a panel of health and physical-fitness experts to advise on programs of physical activity that should qualify for the children’s fitness tax credit proposed in Budget 2006 |
Jul 28, 2006
Food for thought or thought for food? - A stakeholder dialogue around the role of the snacking industry in addressing the obesity epidemic.
A systems analysis approach is presented that distinguishes between basic physiology, self-control and what we call jam transmitters, signals and pressures from the environment that hinder or frustrate self-control. |
Jul 14, 2006
Ontario declares war on obesity
"We intend to lead our young people from the playstation to the playground" |
Jul 13, 2006
Position of the American Dietetic Association: individual-, family-, school-, and community-based interventions for pediatric overweight.
ADA recognizing that overweight is a significant problem for children and adolescents, takes the position that pediatric overweight intervention requires a combination of family-based and school-based multi-component programs that include the promoti |
Jun 22, 2006
AHA 2006 Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations
A healthy diet and lifestyle are the best weapons you have to fight cardiovascular disease. It’s not as hard as you may think! Remember, it is the overall pattern of the choices you make that counts. |
Jun 22, 2006
Heart Association Urges Trans Fats Limit
The American Heart Association has become the first big health group to urge a specific limit on trans fats in the diet -- less than 1 percent of total calories -- in new guidelines |
Jun 22, 2006
Obesity — The New Frontier of Public Health Law
The law is now firmly established as a powerful instrument of public health.1 Some of the most important public health victories in the United States in the past century — declining lead exposure, reduced rates of smoking, improvements in workplace a |
Jun 09, 2006
EU-US conference on obesity took place in Brussels on 11-12 May 2006
It is consumers who will decide what to buy, what to eat and how much. The target is to enable consumers to make informed choices, based on information which is accurate, truthful and not misleading |
May 13, 2006
Curbing the obesity epidemic
Excess bodyweight is one of the most blatantly visible, yet most neglected, risk factors contributing to the overall burden of disease worldwide. |
May 09, 2006
Make obesity uncool: Expert
Excess calorie consumption and insufficient activity needs to be seen as unhealthy choices.We succeeded in denormalizing tobacco smoking as cool and desirable. Now we have to denormalize obesity. |
Mar 20, 2006
The Politics of Fat
Experts say our expanding girth is killing us and costing the health-care system billions. But is this a problem government can solve? Or should? The debate grows as we do |
Mar 17, 2006
Schools and Parents Tackling Nutrition and Wellness Policies
Challenges in the implementation of local wellness policies: Lack of funding 37.6% Lack of support from students 29.3% Appropriate food and beverage products not available 23.1% Lack of support from administration 23.1% Restrictions include those on |
Mar 15, 2006
Harper lampooned for bulging belly
Canadians are fatter than ever and studies show sugary drinks are partly to blame. Despite that evidence, Harper still seems to savour soda with his meals, as his stint in Afghanistan showed this week. |
Mar 02, 2006
Clinton Extolls Virtues of Better Eating
Former President Clinton, a reformed overeater, urged the nation's governors on Tuesday to embrace a long-term effort to change the nation's culture of too much food and too little exercise.
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Feb 22, 2006
A special tax on junk food needed in the fight against obesity: sociologist
It may take a special tax to help fight what one Canadian sociologist calls the "obesogenic food environment" - the junk food that's prominently displayed in supermarkets and schools. |
Feb 21, 2006
The Montreal Lester B. Pearson School Board’s Food Policy
The Montreal Lester B. Pearson School Board’s Food Policy governs all aspects of the Cafeteria and food preparation. This means that we ensure the preparation and consumption of healthy foods and an education program. |
Feb 20, 2006
Improving Nutrition – A Weighty Issue!
To make progress in the battle against obesity: The different players in this complex situation must find ways of working together to address these issues and improve the way we work across sectors
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Feb 15, 2006
Improving the Health of Canadians 2005 - 2006 Report Series, Promoting Healthy Weights
Features of the environments in which we live, learn, work and play that make it easier - or harder - for us as Canadians to make healthier choices about what we eat and how physically active we are. |
Jan 27, 2006
Fruits, Vegetables Lower Stroke Risk
A meta-analysis of the studies reveals eople who ate more than five servings of fruits and veggies a day had a risk reduction of 26 percent compared to those who ate less than three servings a day. SOURCE: The Lancet, 2006;367:278-326 |
Jan 16, 2006
Conference Emphasizes School Nutrition Program Partnerships
When school nutrition professionals, food companies, kitchen equipment manufacturers, distributors, school administrators, legislators, parents and students, all come together -- a powerful team is formed that can support healthy food choices and imp |
Dec 19, 2005
EU aims to tackle growing problem of obesity
Five areas for action: consumer information and labelling; education; promotion of physical activity; marketing and advertising; and food issues, such as portion sizes and healthy options. |