CBC News “It’s a small step in the right direction,” said Philip Leonard, a health economist at the University of New Brunswick. “Combined with other policies of this type, you can hope to see real difference over time.” Leonard looked at the body mass index (BMI) of 153,000 Canadians, aged 12 to 25, during an eight-year period. Within […]
Huffington Post: Blog It is encouraging to see federal government moving in several important areas to help Canadians make better food and beverage choices We can’t cure heart disease or diabetes. But we can help prevent or delay them and other chronic illnesses in one vital way — with a healthier diet. Easier said than done, of […]
The food and beverage industry is marketing our children and youth to death New research reveals advertising restrictions urgently needed to protect kids and support parents February 1, 2017 – Heart & Stroke wants Canadians to know as far as nutrition is concerned, the kids are not alright; our children and youth are bombarded with […]
Ricochet The prevalence of ads promoting calorie-dense and nutrition-free food items to children is disturbing. A recent report on the health of Canadians from the Heart and Stroke Foundation examined “how industry is marketing unhealthy food and beverages directly to our children and youth, and how this is affecting their preferences and choices, their family relationships and […]
CFJC Today We stand to lose too much down the road if we continue the charade of praising unhealthy foods and indulging in it, more so when those who deliver the advertisements care squat about our children’s well-being. As with everything else we do in parenting, encouraging them to discern and choose wisely in one […]
Metro Vancouver Could Happy Meals and Pirate Paks become a thing of the past in Canada? B.C. advocates hope so. Read article here…
Cision Parents try hard every day to help their children make good choices, including the food they eat. In fact, ensuring a healthy diet is the most important thing parents can do to ensure the future health of their kids, and families deserve to have access to the best possible information to help them make […]
The Globe and Mail Canadian children are consuming five times more sugar than they should was published in The Globe and Mail last week. The article quotes Researcher Monique Potvin Kent and Dr. Tom Warshawski, highlights the need for restrictions on M2K and includes findings from Heart & Stroke 2017 Report on the Health of Canadians. Read […]
THE GLOBE AND MAIL “We shield our children and young teenagers from many things: Kids 16 and under are protected from overt portrayals of sex and violence on TV and in movies, and from drinking alcohol, smoking, owning guns and signing contracts, to name a few… Yet we let them down in one vital area: […]
Digital Journal – Tim Sandle Virtually all food and beverage products marketed by music stars are unhealthy, according to the first major study of the nutritional quality of endorsements made by music celebrities popular among teens. Read more…
Vancouver Sun
The Globe & Mail