Health Canada's Healthy Eating Strategy: Focus on CFG

Question 1

Prevalence of chronic diseases among canadian adults

Answer 1

44% of adults 20+ have at least 1 of 10 common chronic conditions

Question 2

What are the common chronic conditions?

Answer 2

1. hypertension
2. osteoarthritis
3. mood and/or anxiety disorder
4. osteoporosis
5. diabetes
6. asthma
7. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
8. ischemic heart disease
9. cancer
10. dementia

Question 3

What plays a large role of developing chronic diseases?

Answer 3

Bad diets play a large role
* ~60% of calories come from processed foods at the societal level

Question 4

prevalence of sodium intake

Answer 4

3 out of 5 Canadians eat too much sodium

Question 5

Who is vulnerable to food marketing?

Answer 5

Children marketing is huge because want to get people hooked on a product as early as possible
* exposed to lots of advertising for foods high in sodium, sugar and SFA

Question 6

What is the prevalence of househoold food insecurity in Canada

Answer 6

~ 16% some level of food insecurity

Question 7

What is a major determinant of food insecurity?

Answer 7

lack of money/ income

Question 8

What are the levels of food insecurity?

Answer 8

• marginally food insecure
• moderately food insecure
• severely food insecure

Question 9

What is Healthy Public Policy?

Answer 9

Leading decision makers state an intent to act upon the improvement and protection of individual and community health through opportunities

Question 10

General spectrum of policies that can be made for healthy public policy

Answer 10

voluntary to mandatory to change health behaviours

Question 11

What is the NOURISHING framework?

Answer 11

a framework with a comprehensive package of policies to promote healthier eating and prevent obesity and noncommicable diseases
* World Cancer Research Fund INternational (WCRFI)

Question 12

What are thr 3 domains of the NOURISHING framework?

Answer 12

• food environment
• food system
• behavioural change communication

Question 13

What are the policy areas for the food environment domain of the NOURISH framework?

Answer 13

• N - Nutrition label standards and regulations
• O - Offer healthy foods in institutions
• U - Use economic tools to address food affordability
• R - Restrict food advertising
• I - Improve nutritional quality
• S - Set incentives

Question 14

What are the policy areas for the food system domain of the NOURISH framework?

Answer 14

• H - Harness coherence of food supply chain with health

Question 15

What are the policy areas for the behaviour-change communication domain of the NOURISH framework?

Answer 15

• I - Inform through public awareness
• N - Nutrition counselling
• G - Give nutrition education and skills

Question 16

What is the aim of food policy for Canada?

Answer 16

Provide guidance to food and health sectors on actions they can take to improve health of essentially all levels of the social ecological model

Question 17

What does Canada need in regards to food policy?

Answer 17

A comprehensive approach or change in mind set at all levels of the social ecological model with strong participation from government in policy development

Question 18

Soft vs. hard polices

Answer 18

• Soft policies: give the public information and then they make the choices such as CFG; education campaigns
• Hard policies: mandatory such as taxes on food, what can and cannot be sold; restrict peoples choices such as trans fats

Question 19

Stakeholder

Answer 19

Any person or group that could be effected by a particular course of action either positively or negatively so something to lose or gain; meaningful to the individual or organization.

Question 20

Civil society

Answer 20

distinct from government and business; so community groups interested, Non profit organizations, poverty groups so they are moreso out of itnerest

Question 21

What is Everyone at the Table?

Answer 21

Food Policy for Canada developed in 2019, Canadian food advisory council that will now be consulting on how the policy is implemented and what it looks like in action
* First ever comprehensive food policy for Canada that was a coordinated approach which includes consultation from the public, specialists, stakeholders, civil society, academics, indigenous etc.

Question 22

Vision of food policy for Canada

Answer 22

2019-2024
* All people able to access a adequate amount of safe, nutritious, and culturally diverse food
* The Canadian food system is resilient and innovative in environmental and economic sustainability

Question 23

Federal initiatives related to Food Policy for Canada

Answer 23

• Health Canada’s Healthy Eating Strategy
• National School Food Program
• Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affaird - Canada’s Nutrition North
• Employment and Social Development - Canada’s Poverty Reduction Strategy

Question 24

Aim for Healthy Eating Strategy

Answer 24

improvements in the food environment that are mutually reinforcing and do not act as silos
* improving healthy eating information
* improving nutrition quality of foods
* protecting vulnerable populations

Question 25

Actions to improve healthy eating information

Answer 25

* Canadas food guide * Point of purchase information: front of package labelling & mandatory nutrition labels

Question 26

Aim of point-of-purchase information

Answer 26

menu, food and shelf labelling is used to inform customers of products and increase persuasion to choose healthier options * soft policy

Question 27

Aim of front of package nutrition labelling

Answer 27

Help Canadian to easily identify foods high is sodium, fat and sugar (>15%DV) and support education since these foods are higher risk for many chronic disease (obesity, heart disease, diabetes) * mostly prepacked and processed * worls at the level of the industry

Question 28

foundation of food and nutrition policies

Answer 28

national food-based dietary guidelines which guide consumer food choice to promote well-being and prevent risk of diet related non-communicable disease and influence range of food related sectors

Question 29

Why does CFG matter?

Answer 29

* influence on individual approach to personal health with high branding recognition, evidence based, and education * Influence in developing healthy environments to support diet related well-being with integration into different sectors of society

Question 30

2007 versus 2019 guides for reccomendations

Answer 30

Question 31

2007 versus 2019 guides for development

Answer 31

Question 32

When was Canada's first food guide?

Answer 32

The Offical Food Rules * published July 1942

Question 33

What else does 2019 CFG promote?

Answer 33

Healthy eating is more than foods you eat * Be mindful of eating habits * Cook more often * enjoy your food * eat meals with others * use food labels * limit highly processed foods * marketing can influence your food choices

Question 34

CFG 2019 slogan

Answer 34

Eat well. Live well.

Question 35

Criticisms of CFG 2019

Answer 35

* reccomendations not affordable * don't fit taste/ cultural preferences * time consuming

Question 36

How might CFG 2019 not be supported by public opinion?

Answer 36

* Eating-plant based proteins when most people are meat eaters and is an important part of many cultures, and many peopple might be unfamiliar with plant-based proteins (ex. Indigenous hunting, Canadians low consumers of legumes/pulses) * eat fresh not processed foods might be challenging with high availibaly and convenience of processed/ packaged foods * It does not show important healthy food options such as frozen fruits and veggies * Agricultural groups not happy * Inadequate Calcium and vitamin D consumption

Question 37

What was the reaction from agricultural groups regarding the new CFG?