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Improving the Diet of Low-Income Families - 0 views

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  • Tom Fields on 25 Apr 12
     
    Low-income families face multiple challenges related to eating healthfully, including the relatively high cost of healthy foods, the lack of healthful choices in urban neighborhoods, and limited knowledge on how to prepare nutritious meals. Family-focused interventions can help overcome such barriers and promote healthy diets among low-income populations.
Tom Fields

Hospital Enhances Access to Healthy Food Through Onsite Pantry and Cooking Classes, Lea... - 0 views

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  • Tom Fields on 27 Apr 12
     
    The program has enhanced access to healthful foods among low-income families, generated high levels of satisfaction among these families, and, according to anecdotal reports, improved the diet and overall health of those served.
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Poverty in Canada - Resources - 0 views

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  • Poverty in Canada Resources
  • Just over 3 million Canadians lived in a low-income situation in 2008, virtually unchanged from 2007, using the after-tax low income cut-offs. This represents 9.4% of the population.
  • Source: In from the Margins: A Call To Action on Poverty, Housing and Homelessness The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, Report of the Subcommittee on Cities (12.09:p.3) Poverty expands healthcare costs, policing burdens and diminished educational outcomes. This in turn depresses productivity, labour force flexibility, life spans and economic expansion and social progress, all of which takes place at huge cost to taxpayers, federal and provincial treasuries and the robust potential of the Canadian consumer economy. [...] We believe that eradicating poverty and homelessness is not only the humane and decent priority of a civilized democracy, but absolutely essential to a productive and expanding economy benefitting from the strengths and abilities of all its people. [...]
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  • Source: Income of Canadians The Daily, Statistics Canada (17.06.10) Emphasis added.
Tom Fields

Group Sessions and Automated Phone Counseling Help Overweight Children in Low-Income Fa... - 0 views

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shared by Tom Fields on 26 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Tom Fields on 26 Apr 12
     
    In a pilot test, the program helped children reduce body mass index, achieve more muscle mass, improve their health-related quality of life, reduce screen time, and increase levels of physical activity.
Tom Fields

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) Connection Resource Libra... - 0 views

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shared by Tom Fields on 28 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Tom Fields on 28 Apr 12
     
    The SNAP-ED Connection provides information on valuable training and continuing education resources for educators and facilitates access to educational materials developed specifically for SNAP participants and eligibles.
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