Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) Ontario
This report is part of the Food-EPI Canada 2017 research conducted by the University of Toronto. A panel of experts gathered from across Canada to comprehensively assess Canadian food environment policies compared to international benchmarks of current best practices. This evidence document in one of a series for the Canadian provinces, territories and for federal level evidence to support the experts’ assessment of current food environment policy actions and infrastructure supports.
Resource Information
Date
April 21, 2017
Author
Food-EPI Canada
Type
Evidence Summary, Report, Strategy/Framework
Setting
Cafeteria/Canteen, Children's Service/Child Care, Community Garden, Community Kitchen, Community-at-large, Farmers Market, Food Bank, Grocery/Retail, Home, Long-term Care, Mobile Vending, Primary Care, Recreation Centre, Restaurant/Food Service Premise, School, Workplace
Age
Prenatal, Infant, Toddler (1-3), Children (4-11), Youth (12-17), Adults (18-64), Older Adults (65 and over)
Topic
Chronic Disease Prevention, Food Environment, Food Marketing, Food Security & Access to Food, Food Systems & Local Food, Food, Nutrition & Menu Labelling, Health Equity, Healthy Eating, Nutrients
Language
English
Jurisdiction
Provincial, Provincial (Ontario)
Tags
chronic disease prevention, dietary intake, food access, food environment, food labelling, food literacy, food marketing, food security, food system, health equity, healthy eating, Healthy Kids Community Challenge, menu labelling, nutrients, nutrition guidelines, obesity, policy, program, program planning and evaluation, retail, sodium, sugar, sugar-sweetened beverages, tax, vegetables and fruit