Alliance for the Prevention of Chronic Disease

Conference

Healthier Nutrition for KidsFebruary 24, 2011February 24, 2011

Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion

Health CanadaHealth Canada

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FPT Ministers’ Collaboration

• In September 2010, the Ministers of Health and/or Health Promotion/Healthy Living (except Quebec)* endorsed the Declaration on Prevention and Promotion.

• 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.

• Health Ministers also endorsed Curbing Childhood Obesity: A Federal-Provincial-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 SettingSet 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:

nutrition_bulletin-owner@list.hc-sc.gc.ca