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Healthy Eating is in Store for You™
Healthy Eating is in Store for You ™ is an educational program about the nutritional information on food labels that will help consumers to make food choices that will lead to overall health and reduce the risk of developing a chronic illness, such as type 2 diabetes. New Canadian regulations for the mandatory labelling of packaged foods ensure that consumers have access to more information, on more foods, in an easier to find format.
Healthy Eating is in Store for You ™ is a collaborative partnership between the Canadian Diabetes Association and Dietitians of Canada.
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Healthy Eating Is In Store For You™ is a program to provide consumers with the necessary tools to read and interpret food labels.
A copy of the ad that appeared in Canadian Grocer, a trade publication for the grocery retail industry. This ad supplies compelling reasons why a grocery retailer will want you to do some consumer education about the new nutrition labels in his/her store.
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What is Healthy Eating is in Store for You™?
This is an educational program that supports the change in Canadian regulations for mandatory labelling of packaged foods with nutrition information. The details of the regulations were published in Canada Gazette Part II (http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partII/2003/20030101/pdf/g2-13701.pdf) on January 1, 2003. These new regulations ensure that consumers will have access to more information, on more foods, in an easier to find format, about the nutritional value of packaged foods. Healthy Eating is in Store for You™ is a collaborative partnership between the Canadian Diabetes Association and Dietitians of Canada.
What are the objectives of the program?
The program’s ultimate goal is to help consumers make food choices that can lead to overall health and reduce the risk of developing chronic illness, including type 2 diabetes. There are three outcome objectives:
- Consumers will develop and/or enhance their knowledge and skills needed to interpret nutrition information on packaged foods.
- Consumers will use their knowledge of labelling to select healthy food choices.
- Consumers will recognize the sponsors of the initiative (Canadian Diabetes Association and Dietitians of Canada) as trusted sources of nutrition information on packaged food labels.
Who is involved in the initiative?
Dietitians of Canada and the Canadian Diabetes Association are the sponsors of Healthy Eating is in Store for You™. Financial support for the development, implementation and evaluation of the project was provided through the Health Canada National Diabetes Strategy, Prevention and Promotion Contribution Program. In addition, nine collaborating organizations comprised a National Advisory Committee that helped to guide all aspects of the project. They included:
- Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors
- Canadian Home Economics Association
- Canadian Public Health Association
- Consumers’ Association of Canada
- Food and Consumer Products Manufacturers of Canada
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada – Health Check™ Program
- Kraft Canada Inc.
- National Institute of Nutrition
- Shop Smart Tours Inc
Who is the program trying to reach?
The target populations for the project are
- Adult women with families
- Low income Canadians and those with low literacy, including seniors on limited and fixed incomes Individuals who have type 2 diabetes, or who are at risk for developing the illness
- Intermediary targets are community health educators (dietitians, diabetes educators, home economists, public health nurses, recreation and fitness leaders), as well as grocery retailers and manufacturers.
Where is the financial support coming from for this project?
Financial support for the development, implementation and evaluation of the project was provided through the Health Canada National Diabetes Strategy, Prevention and Promotion Contribution Program.
How do we access the program resources?
A dedicated website (www.healthyeatingisinstore.ca) hosted by DC and CDA will provide easy access to the project materials.
What types of resources will be available to me?
Nutrition Labelling Education Tools and Resources
Also accessible from the web site and included within the ‘Nutrition Labelling Resource Inventory’ section will be the education program developed for this project which provides a step-by-step educational approach to using the nutrition information on packaged food labels for community health educators. It is designed for use in a variety of community-based settings, including grocery retail outlets, community recreation centres, seniors’ centres, and diabetes education centres, with any of the target populations. Resources that have been created include:
- An Instructor kit with two modules which include detailed instructions on the step-by-step educational process for nutrition labelling education and guidance on preparing for, setting up and teaching the modules; includes an Instructor Guide, Instructor Sheets, Fact Sheets, FAQ sheets, Activity sheets, and supplementary sheets for people with diabetes.