Equitable Sugary Drink Tax Policy Recommendations
March 6, 2021
Healthy Food America and The Praxis Project, convened the Sugary Drink Tax Equity Workgroup in 2020 to develop recommendations on how to design an equitable sugar-sweetened beverage tax policy, outlined in the infographic. For more details about these recommendations, please see the full report.
Twenty Years of Diabetes Surveillance Using the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System
December 18, 2019
This infographic from the Public Health Agency of Canada gives an overview of what diabetes is, how prevalent it is in Canada, and how it’s been tracked over time.
Eating out: How often and why?
January 14, 2019
This infographic uses data from the 2016 General Social Survey on Canadians at Work and Home to provide an overview of Canadians' habits when eating out and purchasing takeout food.
Time to Eat
January 14, 2019
This infographic illustrates the average time Canadians spent eating in a typical day in 2015 by region. It also answers the question "Who do Canadians eat with?" and defines "distracted eating."
Opportunities for Local Food and Food Literacy in Child Care and Student Nutrition Programs
January 1, 2019
This infographic summarizes the current situation in Ontario with respect to local food use and local food literacy in meal and snack programs targeting young children. It also highlights the challenges, barriers and opportunities to support more local food use and local food literacy in child care and student nutrition programs. This infographic is a summary of NRC/OPHA’s report: The Current State of Local Food Use and Food Literacy in Meal and Snack Programs Targeted to Young Children in Ontario.
Food Insecurity and Breastfeeding
March 26, 2018
This visual research abstract shows the relation between household food insecurity and breastfeeding in Canada.
Food Literacy: A Framework for Healthy Eating
March 23, 2018
This infographic depicts the eleven interconnected attributes of food literacy, organized into the categories of food and nutrition knowledge, food skills, self-efficacy and confidence, food decisions, and other ecologic (external) factors.
Let’s eat healthy Canada!
March 5, 2018
This infographic describes the prevalence of overweight, obesity and chronic disease in Canada, and provides statistics regarding the role of diet as the #1 risk factor for chronic diseases.
Let’s stop marketing unhealthy food and beverages to kids
March 5, 2018
This infographic describes how marketing impacts what kids eat, that kids are targeted by marketing everywhere, that unhealthy eating can lead to health problems, and that diet is the #1 risk factor for chronic diseases.
Why Canadians need a front-of-package nutrition symbol
March 5, 2018
This infographic describes why front-of-package (FOP) labelling can help Canadians make healthier and more informed food choices, particularly on sugars, sodium and saturated fat.