Health committee  I'm not even sure that has been decided yet. Maybe Dr. Hutchinson can clarify if it has been decided or not.

Health committee  Probably not, because they're not nutritionally equivalent, most of those formulas. In the first two years of life—which is not your question—the concern there is about the developing child and their need for protein and their need for calories. That's why we use whole milk in

Health committee  No, I'm good. Thank you.

Health committee  Typically, I would not. We certainly look at ways to get them to reduce the amount of sugar they get in their diet. When it comes to foods and beverages that are sugar-sweetened and have added sugars, we definitely see that as a source of added calories and a driver. We think of

Health committee  I don't on a regular basis, but again, I don't particularly like the taste.

Health committee  I would echo that.

Health committee  I would pretty much echo those comments from everybody. I think trying to have diversity in a simple format is a complex task. It gets quite overwhelming pretty quickly. Related to that, though, no matter what we put out there for all these different groups, is the importance o

Health committee  No, I'm good.

Health committee  Thank you for the question. Do you mean the revised guiding principles again or the current food guide?

Health committee  We don't really know what the revised food guide is going to be, but we have some idea from the guiding principles. We do feel that it accurately reflects the evidence base that's there. Certainly, principles one and two, when they talk about the nutrients that we are worried a

Health committee  I assume you're referring to the guiding principles. Is that what you meant by “consultation document”?

Health committee  As I said in my opening statement, we see that the guiding principles are a pretty good reflection of the knowledge base that exists right now to guide food-eating practices. What remains to be seen is how that gets translated into consumer tools and messaging that can translate

Health committee  Thank you. Honourable members and invited guests, thank you for this opportunity to reflect on revisions to Canada's food guide. Canada's food guide, which was first released in 1942 as Canada's official food rules, has been a pivotal document for both individual counselling a

Health committee  No. I'm funnier.