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By Laura Kalina, R.D.N., M.Ad.Ed.

Food Security & Health: Community Nutritionists Making The Connection. Joint Medical Health Officers & Community Nutritionists Council Meeting October 6th, 2003. By Laura Kalina, R.D.N., M.Ad.Ed. Nutrition and Food Security are Critical Components of Population Health.

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  1. Food Security & Health: Community Nutritionists Making The Connection Joint Medical Health Officers & Community Nutritionists Council Meeting October 6th, 2003 By Laura Kalina, R.D.N., M.Ad.Ed.

  2. Nutrition and Food Security are Critical Components of Population Health

  3. What are we doing in our own communities to build Food Security and improve population health?

  4. Food Security Continuum Stage 1 Short-term relief (efficiency) Stage 2 Capacity Building (transitional) Stage 3 Redesign Emergency/Charitable Food Programs Community Kitchens & Gardens Food Policy Network

  5. Stage 1Short Term Relief Charitable/Emergency Food Programs • Food Banks • BC Sharing • Food Recovery Programs

  6. Stage 1 Food Banks

  7. Stage 2: Capacity Building Community KitchensVictoria www.comunitykitchens.ca

  8. Cooking Fun For Families Vancouver

  9. Pregnancy Outreach Program Kootenay Boundary Health Services

  10. Squamish Breakfast Program

  11. Stage 2 School Gardens

  12. Stage 2 Community GardensVernon

  13. Community Garden Pregnancy Outreach Program Williams Lake

  14. Raised Garden Beds Canim Lake Reserve

  15. Community GardensKamloops

  16. Stage 2

  17. Stage 2 Good Food Box

  18. Good Food Box Vernon

  19. Stage 2 Shop Smart Tours

  20. Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) in Northern BC

  21. Fruit and Veggie WalkLac La Hache Elementary

  22. HEAL

  23. Food Matters for KidsKootenay Boundary

  24. Food Security Continuum Stage 1 Short-term relief (efficiency) Stage 2 Capacity Building (transitional) Stage 3 Redesign Emergency/Charitable Food Programs Community Kitchens & Gardens Food Policy Network

  25. Stage 3: Food Policy Networks

  26. Stage 3

  27. The Lower Mainland Food Council Food Policy Task Force established July 2003

  28. Growing Green • Develop law & policy reform to make growing & distributing food in BC more sustainable • Strengthen capacity of voluntary organizations

  29. Stage 3

  30. Dawson Creek Food Security

  31. School Food & Nutrition Policy ProjectInterior Health Authority

  32. Tremendous Support for Food Security/Policy at Grassroots Level • BC Food Systems Network www.fooddemocracy.org

  33. Opportunities to Move Food Security/Policy Forward at the Governmental Level • Provincial Health Officers (food security resolution) • Core Services Document • Public Health Act

  34. Food Security is a Key Component of Health

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