title: Policy directions to promote healthy dietary patterns in Canada.
abstract: The effective promotion of healthy dietary patterns rests on a supportive policy environment. Given the vast, ever-expanding selection of foods in Canadian supermarkets and the proliferation of nutrition-related food marketing, more effective communication tools are needed to help consumers understand food selections within the context of a total diet. In addition, policy actions at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels are needed to lift economic and geographic barriers to food access for specific population subgroups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. valerie.tarasuk@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tarasuk
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors