Uploaded January 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In June 2018, global experts and policy-makers converged at the University of Calgary to chew over the complex dilemma of unhealthy diets — a leading risk factor for death and disability in this country.
The free, two-day food policy forum was presented by the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta and the O'Brien Institute for Public Health in advance of the new Canada food guide, which was unveiled January 22, 2019.
This is the seventh and final video from that event: Food Policy and Health: A Recap.
Speakers in this video include Kate Chidester, vice president of health and research at the Heart & Stroke Foundation in Alberta, NWT and Nunavut; Sheila Tyminski, director of nutrition services for the Population and Public Health Strategy at Alberta Health Services; Kenton Delisle, senior policy lead for Nutrition, Health & Wellness Promotion at Alberta Health; Dr. Hasan Hutchinson, PhD, director general of the Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion at Health Canada; Dr. William Yan, PhD, director of the Bureau of Nutritional Sciences at Health Canada; and Dr. Dana Olstad, PhD, an assistant professor in Community Health Sciences and a member of the O'Brien and Libin institutes at the University of Calgary.
Other videos in this series include:
A Paradigm Shift: youtu.be/YVH58LbG_xY
Food Policy from the Street: youtu.be/CPAvdB-M-ts
Food Policy in Canada: youtu.be/PKrQzM5it2k
Food Marketing to Children: youtu.be/XJ9H30pngN8
Food Policy for Better Health: youtu.be/_LJPIMGwAN4
The Importance of Food Policy (keynote presentation by Hon. Nancy Greene Raine): youtu.be/AVQ8AkSIpXg
You can read more about the event and review slide presentations from the speakers here: goo.gl/fG99H9
In June 2018, global experts and policy-makers converged at the University of Calgary to chew over the complex dilemma of unhealthy diets — a leading risk factor for death and disability in this country.
The free, two-day food policy forum was presented by the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta and the O'Brien Institute for Public Health in advance of the new Canada food guide, which was unveiled January 22, 2019.
This is the seventh and final video from that event: Food Policy and Health: A Recap.
Speakers in this video include Kate Chidester, vice president of health and research at the Heart & Stroke Foundation in Alberta, NWT and Nunavut; Sheila Tyminski, director of nutrition services for the Population and Public Health Strategy at Alberta Health Services; Kenton Delisle, senior policy lead for Nutrition, Health & Wellness Promotion at Alberta Health; Dr. Hasan Hutchinson, PhD, director general of the Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion at Health Canada; Dr. William Yan, PhD, director of the Bureau of Nutritional Sciences at Health Canada; and Dr. Dana Olstad, PhD, an assistant professor in Community Health Sciences and a member of the O'Brien and Libin institutes at the University of Calgary.
Other videos in this series include:
A Paradigm Shift: youtu.be/YVH58LbG_xY
Food Policy from the Street: youtu.be/CPAvdB-M-ts
Food Policy in Canada: youtu.be/PKrQzM5it2k
Food Marketing to Children: youtu.be/XJ9H30pngN8
Food Policy for Better Health: youtu.be/_LJPIMGwAN4
The Importance of Food Policy (keynote presentation by Hon. Nancy Greene Raine): youtu.be/AVQ8AkSIpXg
You can read more about the event and review slide presentations from the speakers here: goo.gl/fG99H9
