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Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Healthy Weights Guidance Document

Working Group Co-Chairs Gayle Bursey Donna Howard

Working Group Members

Cathy Bennett Sandra Fitzpatrick Jenn Maki Larry Stinson Nancy Wai

Working Group Writer Bhavna Sivanand

Editor Diane Finkle Perazzo

Standards, Programs & Community Development Branch Ministry of Health Promotion May 2010

Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Healthy Weights Guidance Document

ISBN: 978-1-4435-2912-9 © Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2010

Published for the Ministry of Health Promotion

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................5

1) Section 1. Introduction ...........................................................................................................6 a) Development of MHPs Guidance Documents ...................................................................6 b) Content Overview ..............................................................................................................7 c) Intended Audience and Purpose .......................................................................................7

2) Section 2. Background ...........................................................................................................8 a) Obesity ...............................................................................................................................8 b) Healthy Weights .................................................................................................................8 c) Healthy Eating and Physical Activity ..................................................................................9 d) Alcohol Consumption .........................................................................................................9 e) Built Environment ...............................................................................................................9 f) Food Security ...................................................................................................................10 g) Moving Forward ...............................................................................................................10

3) Section 3. OPHS Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Healthy Weights Requirements ....11 Requirement 1 ......................................................................................................................11 a) Explanation ..................................................................................................................11 b) Examples to Supplement the Explanation ..................................................................14 c) Linkages to Other Requirements, Organizations and Workgroups ............................16 Requirement 2 ......................................................................................................................17 a) Explanation and Examples to Supplement Explanation .............................................17 Requirement 5 ......................................................................................................................17 a) Explanation ..................................................................................................................17 b) Examples to Supplement the Explanation ..................................................................20 c) Linkages to Other Requirements, Organizations and Workgroups ............................21 Requirement 6 ......................................................................................................................21 a) Explanation ..................................................................................................................21 b) Examples to Supplement the Explanation ..................................................................27 c) Linkages to Other Requirements, Organizations and Workgroups ............................29 Requirement 7 ......................................................................................................................31 a) Explanation ..................................................................................................................31 b) Examples to Supplement the Explanation ..................................................................32 c) Linkages to Other Requirements, Organizations and Workgroups ............................35 Requirement 8 ......................................................................................................................35 a) Explanation ..................................................................................................................35 b) Examples to Supplement the Explanation ..................................................................37 c) Linkages to other Requirements, Organizations and Workgroups .............................38 Requirement 11: Health Promotion and Policy Development .............................................39 a) Explanation ..................................................................................................................39 b) Examples to Supplement the Explanation ..................................................................41

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Requirement 12: Health Promotion and Policy Development .............................................42 a) Explanation ..................................................................................................................42 b) Examples to Supplement the Explanation ..................................................................43 c) Linkages to Other Requirements, Organizations and Workgroups ............................44

4) Section 4. Integration ...........................................................................................................45

5) Section 5. Resources ............................................................................................................47 a) Data Sources and Resources for Evidence-Informed Practice ....................................47 b) Health Promotion, Program Planning, Evaluation and Policy .....................................48 c) Organizations and Associations ..................................................................................49 d) Resource Centres .........................................................................................................51 e) Skill Building/Professional Development .....................................................................51 f) Resource Documents ...................................................................................................52 i) Evidence-Informed ..................................................................................................52 ii) Social Determinants of Health ................................................................................53 iii) Priority Population ..................................................................................................53 (1) Resources Organized as Relevant to Specifi c Requirements ............................53 Requirement 1 (Surveillance) ................................................................................................53 Requirement 6 (Recreation and Built Environment) .............................................................54 Requirement 11 (Health Communication/Social Marketing) ................................................57

6) Section 6. Conclusion ...........................................................................................................58

References ................................................................................................................................59

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Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge a number of people whose contributions to this document have proven invaluable.

We are indebted to our Working Group Writer, Bhavna Sivanand. We thank her for her tireless efforts to weave

several days of complex discussion into a coherent document.

A heartfelt thank you is extended to our very devoted Working Group. All members demonstrated a great deal

of commitment and cheerfulness in the face of challenge.

We would like to thank the staff at Cancer Care Ontario: Rebecca Truscott, Frederick Appah and Tatyana Krimus;

and the Ministry of Health Promotion: Roselle Martino, Krista Burns, Holly Kerr and Sandra Dimini, for your

professionalism and support.

We are also grateful to several colleagues who provided insight and enthusiastic comments along the way.

Specifi cally, thanks to Erica Di Ruggiero, Joanne Beyers, Christine Bushey, Connie Uetrecht, Mary Bush,

Phil Jackson, Rena Mendelson and Julie Stratton.

Gayle Bursey and Donna Howard Co-Chairs, The Healthy Eating/Physical Activity/Healthy Weights Working Group

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Section 1. Introduction

The Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS) are published by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

under the Section 7 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act (HPPA). These standards specify t