Grant: Operating Grant: Programmatic Grants in Food and Health - LOI

How many deaths in Canada are attributable to poor dietary patterns? What is the expected improvement in Canadians' health from reduced trans fats, progress on achieving sodium reduction guidelines, or meeting the Canadian food guidelines? These questions are currently unanswered. Canada has an increasing amount of data that links our health behaviours, including what we eat, to health consequences. We will use this remarkable and unique Canadian resource to perform studies that examine the population burden of Canada's dietary patterns and food consumption. We will develop the world's most robust planning models for food. Canadian planners will be able to, for the first time, assess different policy scenarios and potential changes to our food supply to gauge the potential to improve health and reduce health inequities. We will create web-based tools that will allow individual Canadians to enter their food history and receive information on how their diet is affecting their life expectancy and overall health.