TY - JOUR
T1 - Healthy food procurement and nutrition standards in public facilities
T2 - Evidence synthesis and consensus policy recommendations
AU - Raine, Kim D.
AU - Atkey, Kayla
AU - Olstad, Dana Lee
AU - Ferdinands, Alexa R.
AU - Beaulieu, Dominique
AU - Buhler, Susan
AU - Campbell, Norm
AU - Cook, Brian
AU - L’Abbé, Mary
AU - Lederer, Ashley
AU - Mowat, David
AU - Maharaj, Joshna
AU - Nykiforuk, Candace
AU - Shelley, Jacob
AU - Street, Jacqueline
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Public Health Agency of Canada. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/1
Y1 - 2018/1
N2 - Introduction: Unhealthy foods are widely available in public settings across Canada, contributing to diet-related chronic diseases, such as obesity. This is a concern given that public facilities often provide a significant amount of food for consumption by vulnerable groups, including children and seniors. Healthy food procurement policies, which support procuring, distributing, selling, and/or serving healthier foods, have recently emerged as a promising strategy to counter this public health issue by increasing access to healthier foods. Although numerous Canadian health and scientific organizations have recommended such policies, they have not yet been broadly implemented in Canada. Methods: To inform further policy action on healthy food procurement in a Canadian context, we: (1) conducted an evidence synthesis to assess the impact of healthy food procurement policies on health outcomes and sales, intake, and availability of healthier food, and (2) hosted a consensus conference in September 2014. The consensus conference invited experts with public health/nutrition policy research expertise, as well as health services and food services practitioner experience, to review evidence, share experiences, and develop a consensus statement/recommendations on healthy food procurement in Canada. Results: Findings from the evidence synthesis and consensus recommendations for healthy food procurement in Canada are described. Specifically, we outline recommendations for governments, publicly funded institutions, decision-makers and professionals, citizens, and researchers. Conclusion: Implementation of healthy food procurement policies can increase Canadians’ access to healthier foods as part of a broader vision for food policy in Canada.
AB - Introduction: Unhealthy foods are widely available in public settings across Canada, contributing to diet-related chronic diseases, such as obesity. This is a concern given that public facilities often provide a significant amount of food for consumption by vulnerable groups, including children and seniors. Healthy food procurement policies, which support procuring, distributing, selling, and/or serving healthier foods, have recently emerged as a promising strategy to counter this public health issue by increasing access to healthier foods. Although numerous Canadian health and scientific organizations have recommended such policies, they have not yet been broadly implemented in Canada. Methods: To inform further policy action on healthy food procurement in a Canadian context, we: (1) conducted an evidence synthesis to assess the impact of healthy food procurement policies on health outcomes and sales, intake, and availability of healthier food, and (2) hosted a consensus conference in September 2014. The consensus conference invited experts with public health/nutrition policy research expertise, as well as health services and food services practitioner experience, to review evidence, share experiences, and develop a consensus statement/recommendations on healthy food procurement in Canada. Results: Findings from the evidence synthesis and consensus recommendations for healthy food procurement in Canada are described. Specifically, we outline recommendations for governments, publicly funded institutions, decision-makers and professionals, citizens, and researchers. Conclusion: Implementation of healthy food procurement policies can increase Canadians’ access to healthier foods as part of a broader vision for food policy in Canada.
KW - Chronic disease
KW - Food procurement
KW - Nutrition guidelines
KW - Obesity
KW - Policy
KW - Public facilities
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85041213515&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.24095/hpcdp.38.1.03
DO - 10.24095/hpcdp.38.1.03
M3 - Journal Article
C2 - 29323862
AN - SCOPUS:85041213515
VL - 38
SP - 6
EP - 17
JO - Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada
JF - Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada
IS - 1
ER -