On the work the government is doing, curbing childhood obesity was named a priority of federal, provincial, and territorial health ministers. Last week when health ministers met they endorsed a progress report and future action.
So the kinds of things we're working on collectively include developing guidelines for schools and public areas where children gather so that we can start to influence the kinds of foods available there. We're working to promote breastfeeding so that moms are breastfeeding to the optimal timeframe. We're working on access to healthy foods, as my colleagues from Health Canada have indicated. It's not an easy topic, but one that's very important. Of course, Nutrition North Canada is a good example of an initiative where we're learning about how to bring more healthy foods into remote populations.
We're working on surveillance. We're measuring childhood obesity and understanding where changes are occurring so we can target populations where the need is greatest. Through our programs, such as Canada prenatal nutrition program, we're working on providing healthy foods and the skills moms need to provide healthy foods to their families.
There's quite an array of initiatives currently under way that has provided us with a really strong foundation.