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Health committee  That's a really tough one. As was mentioned, education and labelling are a big part of the challenge, but I fear that even though we have the best education and we have the best labelling, there will be people who won't walk in because of economic reasons. Buying good food--whol

March 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

François Décary-Gilardeau

Health committee  I brought a sheet on NuVal that I printed this morning. Price Chopper purchased this system in the United States. I would not go so far as to say that the NuVal system is perfect. NuVal contains 16 pages of calculations about a large number of nutrients and assigns a score. For e

March 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

François Décary-Gilardeau

Health committee  I can start. I think a champion in food and food safety today is the U.K. They were over-eating salt in the U.K., but in the last few years they have reduced the average consumption of salt by 30%, so it was not just a certain pocket of the population. They were eating more tha

March 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

François Décary-Gilardeau

Health committee  Of course, we have always been in favour of this ban. Children are very vulnerable to advertisements. This is something we have known since Piaget, they are very vulnerable. In fact, children are unable to understand the fact that someone is trying to sell them something. So it

March 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

François Décary-Gilardeau

Health committee  There is something very interesting that has been proven in Europe, I am sure Nathalie could talk about this as well. We often talk about banning adds for unhealthy food. Well, I think one of the best options, and also one of the cheapest, is to provide quality food at no cost di

March 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

François Décary-Gilardeau

Health committee  Again, I think Ms. Jobin would certainly be better placed than I to discuss this matter. These are our most vulnerable people. We must help children get a good start in life, regardless of family income. I really want to focus on this point. What worries me is that young people,

March 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

François Décary-Gilardeau

Health committee  We are doing a great deal of work with consumers on the traffic light system. As an aside, I should point out that consumers like to have a system in place that lets them see where a product fits on a scale without having to compare two products. In this respect, the traffic ligh

March 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

François Décary-Gilardeau

Health committee  I have an example before me. I have two bottles of Quick, one is chocolate flavoured. On the first bottle, which contains 14 ml, it says 33% less sugar. On the second bottle of Quick, the chocolate one, the serving is 20 ml . So you are comparing a 14 ml portion and a 20 ml porti

March 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

François Décary-Gilardeau

Health committee  Thank you, Dr. Bose. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, ladies and gentlemen. Canadians are concerned about their health and that of their families. They know that healthy lifestyle and eating habits are key to good physical and mental health. To help Canadians eat well and make the b

March 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

François Décary-Gilardeau