4250- Childhood Health: Nutrition

Question 1

Article: Ounces of prevention

Answer 1

makes no sense to make a national plan

Question 2

Excised tax

Answer 2

Different than sales tax

Built into the price, based on quantity

Question 3

Sales Tax

Answer 3

when you pay for the goods in the end

Question 4

Policy Warning Label Suggestions (5)

Answer 4

• Increase tax on junk food and decrease tax on health foods
• Restricting marketing to children
• Placing graphic warning labels
• Retail displays advising consumers of health risks
• Restricting availability at recreational facilities

Question 5

School-related policy options

Answer 5

• Start early and target schools
• only serve low or non-fat milk with no added flavouring/sweeteners
• reduce obesogenic environment

Question 6

What was the impact of the Ontario Student Nutrition Program?

Answer 6

Healthy childhood development, social support, social environements, personal health practices, coping, income and education

Question 7

What approach did the Ontario Student Nutrition program use?

Answer 7

Social Ecological approach

Question 8

What is the Social Ecological Approach?

Answer 8

interventions that look at different components of social determinants including:

-individual, family/networks, school/community, government

Question 9

What policy does Canada need to create?

Answer 9

A National food policy

Question 10

What is the National Food Policy?

Answer 10

The push in food security to get Canada to have a national food policy and a national food policy council

Question 11

What current council does Canada have now?

Answer 11

Local food councils only

Question 12

What is a joined up policy?

Answer 12

unites activities across all pertinent domains, scales, actors and jurisdictions

Question 13

What are ways to create a joined up policy? (4)

Answer 13

• Think about food as a key and integral part of our wellbeing in society
• Taxing sugary foods and beverages
• Human rights approach
• Better understanding of companies that only provide unhealthy products

Question 14

What are challenges of a Joined up policy?

Answer 14

• Intersections between policy systems are historically divided
• Governments have no obvious institutional place to work with -Extensive confrontation of already existing policy traditions
• Understanding food as more than a commodity
• Challenges health care system that focuses only cures rather than prevention