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ADDRESSING OBESITY IN CANADA
A Think Tank on Selected Policy Research Priorities
Stephen Samis, Director of Health Policy at the Heart and Stroke Foundation
of Canada and chair of the Think Tank Planning Committee
Funding partners: Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, three of the
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes;
Population and Public Health; Institute of Gender and Health), the Canadian
Institute for Health Information (through its Canadian Population Health
Initiative), and the
Public Health Agency of Canada.
Report from Obesity Policy Research Think Tank, October 6th & 7th, 2005
Toronto, Ontario
Available online at:
http://www.health-in-action.org/library/pdf/News/Nutrition/H&S_Obesity_think_tank_Oct_2005.pdf
“….Obesity is a health issue of epidemic proportion in Canada. Six
organizations that support research invited approximately one hundred
individuals from widely varying backgrounds to participate in a two-day
Think Tank to help identify and explore key policy questions and concerns
that could be informed through a targeted research agenda.
The Think Tank was structured to be a springboard for ideas that could
direct future research toward innovations in the fight against obesity.
Discussions focused on enhancing the policy-related evidence base in two
important dimensions: economic policy and the built environment….”
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