Health Sciences 3400A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Nutrition Transition, Health Policy, Underweight
23 Oct 2020
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The case: the proportion of people who are overweight or obese has been increasing in most countries, including canada, global epidemic , the rise in obesity and overweight has been closely linked to what some called the. Causes of obesity: combination of biological and behavioural factors, most importantly diet and physical activity (or a lack thereof, lalonde report divided the factors affecting human health into 4 categories: In turn, this raises questions about who is responsible for taking what actions: different stakeholders have different interests and values. In addition, one must consider issues of which level of government has jurisdiction in different areas: a number of policy options have been suggested, one possibility is to provide better information to people about healthy eating, e. g. Canadian food inspection agency enforces the regulation on mandatory nutrition labelling and advertisements set by health canada; produces guides to food labelling and advertising: the food industry; restaurant industry, broadcast and advertising industries carry advertisements.
