Research shows that the effects of ultra-processed foods can accumulate over time, adding to the risk of heart attack, stroke and other serious health issues, even for healthy people.
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A new report shows how ubiquitous unhealthy foods are, how aggressively they are promoted, and how hard it is to access healthy foods in places people spend time.
The time is ripe to develop federal-provincial/territorial accords towards implementing a national school nutritious meal program.
A tax on sugar-sweetened beverages may be intended to improve health, but for Indigenous consumers, such a tax would be unethical, contravene tax law and undermine Indigenous rights.
A review of research related to diversity in diet found studies repeatedly show that eating a wide variety of foods improves health and wellbeing.
Processed foods can be nutritious as well as economical and convenient. So let’s stop demonizing processed foods, and ease up on those who turn to them for convenience and price.
Canada’s food guide does a great job explaining what we should consume, but it is tailored to the wealthy and the middle class and many on social assistance cannot afford to maintain it.
A well-planned national school food progam in Canada could be a huge boost to children’s health outcomes, long-term healthcare spending and local agriculture and economies.
Canada’s Food Price Report, recently published by Dalhousie University and the University of Guelph, predicts significant price hikes for vegetables this year.
Canada’s Food Guide makes nutrition recommendations. But the revamped guide does much more. It directs us to consider the broader set of circumstances —the social determinants —of how we eat.
Canada’s Food Guide is a political document. It does not represent those who are poor, culturally marginalized and most at risk for food insecurity.
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Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Professor in Food Distribution and Policy, Dalhousie University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor of Health Promotion, Dalhousie University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor, Governance, Law and Management, Athabasca University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
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PhD student in Nutritional Epidemiology, University of British Columbia
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PhD student, Dalhousie University
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Masters Student, Research Associate, University of Guelph
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PhD Student, Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University
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PhD Candidate, Dalhousie University
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Canada Research Chair in Healthy Food Policy, Assistant Professor in Nutrition, Université Laval
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PhD Student, Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University
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Medical Anthropologist; Host of AnthroDish Podcast, McMaster University