Ontario's Action Plan for Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL) was
developed to address an epidemic of overweight and obesity in Ontario
and as part of a world wide response to reduce chronic disease by
targeting nutrition and physical activity. 

 

"Moving the Healthy Eating and Active Living Strategy Forward in
Ontario" is a consultative report which describes four priorities for
action which need to take place in order to move the HEAL strategy
forward.  Based on discussions with tobacco field experts on the success
behind the Smoke Free Ontario Strategy and building on the knowledge
from key informants within the areas of healthy eating, physical
activity, health promotion and chronic disease prevention, this report
proposes four priorities for action that, when implemented with
appropriate investment and collaborative effort with stakeholders, will
move Ontario's Action Plan for Healthy Eating and Active Living forward
and are transferable to the development of other healthy public
policies, including Ontario's recent announcement to develop a
provincial strategy targeting childhood obesity.:

 

*	Establish a HEAL Expert Panel to recommend a comprehensive
agenda for action within a chronic disease prevention and management
framework;
*	Establish a HEAL research and policy engagement agenda for
Ontario;
*	Develop a comprehensive HEAL knowledge exchange plan for
Provincial and Regional Stakeholders;
*	Develop a plan to build regional capacity to implement effective
HEAL programs and policies.   

 

This report builds on OCDPA's "Thinking Like A System: the way forward
to prevent chronic disease in Ontario", and offers a clear and concise
blueprint on how to implement the four priorities for action.  It is
intended for Ontario policy makers, educators, non-governmental
organization (NGO) staff, as well as health professionals and
practitioners in the areas of healthy eating and active living.

 

The "Moving the Healthy Eating and Active Living Strategy Forward in
Ontario" report can be downloaded at:
http://www.ocdpa.on.ca/rpt_MovingHEALForward.htm

 

 

For more information about the Ontario Chronic Disease Prevention
Alliance (OCDPA), please contact us at:

 

Ontario Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance (OCDPA)

c/o Ontario Public Health Association

700 Lawrence Avenue West, Suite 310

Toronto, ON

M6A 3B4

Website: www.ocdpa.on.ca <http://www.ocdpa.on.ca/> 

 

 

 

 


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