Health committee  At least in James Bay communities, I know that babies are given Tri-Vi-Sol, which is a vitamin supplement, and mothers are given Materna. Not all individuals take those supplements or give them to their children. But I think it's really important to remain food-focused and not nu

Health committee  I just want to say that the speaker had asked whether people get appropriate information from medical doctors and nurses. I would like to make people aware that the health care professionals who are most knowledgeable in nutrition are registered dieticians, not nurses or physicia

Health committee  I can try to answer this and perhaps answer some of the questions that were raised by other members. It's very difficult to give explicit examples to resolve this problem. As Dr. Cargo said, there have been reviews of studies of interventions in other populations in the United S

Health committee  Well, there is the United States, if you consider that international. There are some projects in Australia with Australian Aborigines, but I'm not aware of the outcomes of those. But what is clear is that interventions need to be participatory. That is, the communities have to b

Health committee  Okay, I'm sorry. I would suggest that the postal subsidy for the food mail program be increased and that a nutritious food subsidy program also be offered to communities that have road access. The food mail program is currently only offered to communities that do not have year-r

Health committee  Thank you for inviting me to speak today. I speak to you today as a nutritionist who does community-based research in first nations communities. My focus is maternal and child health. Today I will review the evidence for obesity in children in aboriginal populations, the gaps in