Perhaps this number can be posted at Ontario's many food banks! -- dr

B. Announcements

1 Ministry of Health Promotion Initiative: EatRight Ontario Contact Centre

On behalf of the Ministry of Health Promotion, I invite you and your
members to be part of the test launch of the EatRight Ontario Contact
Centre, Ontario's first province-wide, telephone public information line,
connecting Ontarians directly to Registered Dietitians. This service, part
of Ontario's Action Plan for Healthy Eating and Active Living, was
developed in collaboration with Dietitians of Canada, British Columbia
Ministry of Health, with input from Public Health Nutritionists and
Dietitians and other key stakeholders to provide consumers with evidence
based and credible nutrition information, consistent with current research.

This phone service supports the government's ongoing commitment to help
Ontarians lead healthier and more active lives, by improving access to
Registered Dietitians and giving people a place to go to find answers to
their healthy eating and nutrition questions. It is not intended to provide
therapeutic counselling or address clinical nutrition needs of individual
situations. Service will be available in both official languages; as well
other languages can be accommodated. The phone lines are open as of April
16th, 2007 and will operate Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. We
invite you to involve your clients, patients, colleagues, family and
friends, to call with their nutrition questions during the test phase.
Consumers and health professionals can call and speak to a Registered
Dietitian Toll free in Ontario at 1-877-510-5102 or 416-325-0510 for local
Toronto call.

This test launch provides an opportunity to test the system, with a
targeted audience, including health professionals and their
clients/patients and to make any needed enhancements before public
announcements and wide spread marketing are undertaken. We ask that you
extend this invitation to all of your members, so that the Registered
Dietitians at the contact center will receive your feedback. Later, an
official launch will introduce the service to all Ontarians.

It has been very rewarding to work collaboratively with a variety of
partners to encourage health promotion and disease prevention to all
Ontarians. Thank you again for any support you can provide in helping to
build a solid foundation of healthy eating in Ontario during this test
phase.

    Yours sincerely,

    Pegeen Walsh, Director

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