Health committee  I would suggest that the average adult human requires between 2.5 and 3 litres of fluid a day. That fluid can come from fruits and vegetables and foods. It can come from soft drinks. It can come from milk. It can also come from tap water, which runs freely and in Canada is of exc

Health committee  I think it's naive to think that way when we're talking about obesity, as you've heard, and health issues, as you've heard. If you take one message away, it's an incredibly complex subject. There are multiple factors that come into play, including it's screen time, lack of exerci

Health committee  I think you'd have to ask the packaged goods sector when they are here later this week.

Health committee  I think there are some product categories in which that type of standardization is probably a little easier. There are other product categories in which it is next to impossible, either because it's a variable-weight product or because it's sold by weight and consumed in a differ

Health committee  I think that is a very personal question. Parents have to address that as they're looking at providing guidance to their children in terms of proper nutrition. If you're asking me, I have two boys; one of them is four, and he doesn't drink pop at all. The other is seven, and he

Health committee  First of all, we use a variety of sweeteners. There is sugar product and there are also non-nutritive sweeteners--ace-K, aspartame, etc. I believe the nomenclature, the choice of words that you can put on the label, is dictated by Health Canada, and that would be a discussion yo

Health committee  I don't know if it would pose a problem or not. I've never asked. Sugar and high-fructose corn syrup are, for all intents and purposes, identical. One is coming from--

Health committee  Yes. The answer is that I don't know.

Health committee  There have been a number of studies of energy drinks worldwide. It's a high-profile category. The EU was asked to consider higher labelling standards similar to what we have in Canada, and they found there was absolutely no need for them and that they were perfectly safe and fine

Health committee  Yes. Enjoy it.

Health committee  You will forgive me if I respond in English. It is not simply a question of putting a little logo on a bottle. If it were that easy, I think we would have probably done it a long time ago. There's reformulation that is required so that no- and low-calorie products, or specifical

Health committee  Advertising is paid promotional advertising, whether it's on TV, on the radio, or through those types of media. Vending machines are branded as vending machines. We have not had--and I don't know if we ever would have--that discussion relative to the presence of those particular

Health committee  Yes, there is.

Health committee  There has not been that discussion, and this is the first time someone has brought it up. I can tell you that under the guidelines we have developed for elementary schools, for water and juice--we don't produce milk--there is a smaller package format for juice, a 250-millilitr

Health committee  Absolutely. Let's focus on soft drinks first, and then I'll come back to energy drinks and caffeine in general. The amount of caffeine that can be used in a soft drink in Canada is regulated by the Food and Drugs Act and regulations and should not exceed 60 milligrams, I believe