Working with grocers to support healthy eating : Collaboration avec les épiciers pour encourager les saines habitudes alimentaires

The British Columbia Ministry of Health, Government of the Northwest Territories, Department of Health and Social Services, Manitoba Healthy Living, Seniors and Consumer Affairs, Saskatchewan Ministry of Health, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, and First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada were represented on the working group. [...] Health Canada and members of the working group helped to create the broad vision for the report and provided input and feedback throughout the project. [...] They noted the high involvement of the youth and highlighted the importance of engaging youth as a central feature of the intervention.(92) 20 Working With grocers to support healthy eating The New Zealand-based Supermarket Healthy Options Project evaluated the effect of price discounts and tailored nutrition education on supermarket food and nutrient purchases. [...] The most significant changes were the increase in awareness of the relationship between diet and chronic disease and awareness of the program itself. [...] The objective of the grocery store program was to promote the selection and purchasing of low-fat dairy, fresh produce, and grain products.