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No time to wait : Urgence d'agir : Stratégie pour des enfants en santé

22 Feb 2013

No Time to Wait: The Healthy Kids Strategy Healthy Kids Panel Healthy Kids Panel Dear Minister, On behalf of all 18 members of Ontario’s Healthy Kids Panel, we are proud to submit to you our unanimous recommendations on how Ontario can best make a difference in promoting the health and well-being of children and youth – and thus lay the foundation for the future health and success of our province. [...] The panel listened to parents and We heard loud and clear from parents that other caregivers, youth and experts in the field their children’s health is their top priority, and reviewed the literature and strategies in but they need some support to help their Ontario and other jurisdictions. [...] Between 1978/79 leading health issue affecting children and and 2004, the prevalence of obesity and youth.13 The problem and the consequences overweight in Ontario children increased have been well documented – and we now about 70 per cent. [...] The Healthy Kids Panel is a broad, multi- sectoral group that brings together – for the first time in Ontario – a wide range of perspectives on the problem of childhood weights, including health care providers, educators, non-governmental organizations, the food industry, the media and researchers (see Appendix 1 for a list of members and the terms of reference). [...] Two of with higher weights.24 Children and the most widely studied genes affect brain adolescents who get less sleep gain more function and behaviour, and contribute to weight.25 Children need to get enough sleep people feeling hungry, eating more food – and the amount of sleep they need varies by particularly fat and energy-rich foods – and age and stage of life (see table below).26 Over not feel
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ISBN
9781460610145
Pages
66
Published in
Canada

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