NUTR 2050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Disease Surveillance, Jane Philpott
24 Oct 2016
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Health promotion activities aimed at preventing disease and illness specifically. Precedes disease; applied to generally healthy people. Flu shot, healthy eating session to reduce cancer risk. Activities focused on early identification of health problems. Identify and treat people who have asymptomatic/preclinical diease. Education an individual with the disease with the goal of returning to optimum level of health and functioning. At federal level: minister of health jane philpott, public health agency of canada. Infectious disease and emergency: health promotion and chronic disease prevention, public health practice and regional operations, strategic policy, communications and corporate services. High sodium associated with high bp, cvd, stroke and kidney disease. Processed foods have huge amounts of sodium. Interim goal: 2300mg: long term goal: reduce sodium intake so that 90% of the population is below the ul. Disbanded shortly after due to major food processors: health canada. Food labelling: canadian food inspection agency. At provincial level: ministry of health and long term care.
