Description

San Francisco, Boulder and Cook County recently joined a growing number of jurisdictions worldwide to take measures to curb the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. How has this trend spilled over into Ontario? What’s happening in Ontario to promote water over sugary drinks?
In this webinar, you’ll hear about the findings of an environmental scan of health promotion interventions and related resources used across Ontario to increase access and consumption of water and decrease that of sugar-sweetened beverages. You’ll learn about the ways various health promotion strategies being used in these comprehensive, multi-strategic interventions. You`ll hear about some of the main barriers and facilitators to intervention implementation and efforts for evaluating Ontario’s healthy hydration interventions. The webinar will also outline different types of policy interventions aimed at reducing the consumption of sugary beverages and how you can support municipal policy change in your own community.