TAKING ACTION TO CREATE A HEALTHIER FOOD ENVIRONMENT – Oct 30, 2015 @ 08:30AM - 04:00PM 




The Nutrition Resource Centre hosted a capacity-building workshop on the food environment at the OPHA 2015 Fall Forum! Please see below for links to important resources and presentation slides from the workshop.



PRESENTERS AND FACILITATORS:
 
Leia Minaker PhD, Propel Centre for Population Health Impact, University of Waterloo

• Presentation Slides: "The Retail Food Environment: Concepts, Measures, and Interventions "

Rachel Engler-Stringer PhD, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan  

Jason Gilliland PhD, Director and Professor, Urban Development Program, Department of Geography, Health Sciences and Paediatrics at the University of Western Ontario

Kim Bergeron PhD Health Promotion Consultant, By-law and Policy Development Health Promotion Capacity Building at Public Health Ontario

• Presentation Slides: "Creating healthier food environments: Overview of strategies and tools to influence municipal decision makers"
• Presentation Slides: "Built environment elements supportive of healthy eating in rural, remote and northern communities: A scoping review"

WORKSHOP TOOLS:

• Assessing the Food Environment: Letter to Establishment
• Assessing the Food Environment: Activity Description
• Assessing the Food Environment: Participant Worksheet