HLSC 3P21 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Health System, Childhood Obesity, Junk Food

• School: Brock University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HLSC 3P21
• Professor: Dan Malleck

Document Summary

Nutritional transition and shift in burden of disease. Public health agency of canada overweight and obesity rates. Health care is a positive externality because the cost of care for individual is low as opposed to if they has to pay themselves. A negative externality is junk food companies advertising their products to children. Regulate ads according to canadian code of advertising standards. Code contains 14 clauses or codes for acceptable ads. Taking idea how policy is seen and evaluated. Consider them when pinpointing certain ingredients in products. Provide recommendations to provincial govnt to help reach target of reducing childhood obesity by 20% over 5 years. Tax placed onto manufactures, wholesaler, distributor or retailer. Could be approved for tax credit for supervised, ongoing physical. Tax credits for extra curricular activities activities for kids. Cost of program: free lunch for low ses students. Age is a huge factor, young kids might not understand.