Good afternoon, and welcome to the eighth meeting of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. The topic we are considering today concerns eating disorders amongst girls and women.
The meeting will be conducted as follows. Each department or organization will have a maximum of 10 minutes to make its presentation and then we will move on to the questions. I would like to inform you that representatives from Status of Women Canada will be here to answer our questions after the presentations of other witnesses.
I welcome all the witnesses who took the time to meet with us to give us some insight on this very important topic. Today we have the following witnesses: from Status of Women Canada, Sébastien Goupil, Director General, Policy and External Relations, and Linda Savoie, Director General, Women's Program and Regional Operations; from the Department of Health, Hasan Hutchinson, Director General, Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Health Products and Food Branch; and from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Marla Israel, Acting Director General, Centre for Health Promotion, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Branch. Lastly, via videoconference, I would like to welcome Joy Johnson, from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, who is Scientific Director for the Institute of Gender and Health.
Ms. Israel, you may begin your presentation. You have 10 minutes.