Overview: Curbing Childhood Obesity A Federal, Provincial and Territorial Framework for Action to Promote Healthy Weights
A bilingual (English and French) synopsis of why the government has decided to make healthy weight in children a priority in Canada. The Federal, Provincial and Territorial governments have committed to collaborative and coordinated efforts to implement 3 key policy priorities in curbing childhood obesity, including: making the environments where children live, learn and play more supportive of physical activity and healthy eating; identifying the risk of obesity in children and addressing it early; and increasing the availability and accessibility of nutritious foods and decreasing the marketing to children of foods and beverages that are high in fat, sugar and/or sodium.
Resource Information
Date
March 7, 2011
Author
Public Health Agency of Canada
Type
Report, Strategy/Framework
Setting
Cafeteria/Canteen, Children's Service/Child Care, Community-at-large, Home, Recreation Centre, School
Age
Infant, Toddler (1-3), Children (4-11), Youth (12-17)
Topic
Childhood Nutrition, Chronic Disease Prevention, Food Environment, Food Marketing, Healthy Weight | Obesity, Nutrients
Language
English
Jurisdiction
Provincial (Ontario), Provincial (outside Ontario), National
Tags
body mass index, childhood obesity, children, food environment, food marketing, health equity, healthy eating, obesity, weight, youth