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Letter re HC consultation on restricting food advertising to children June 15 2023

Response to Health Canada's consultation on proposed policy re: restricting food and beverage advertising to children.

DC/ODPH/OPHA Joint Letter re: Food Epi Report

Joint letter (Dietitians of Canada (Ontario), Ontario Dietitians in Public Health and the Ontario Public Health Association) to Deputy Ministers of Health and Long-term Care, Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs, Education, and Child and Youth Services) calling attention to the report, “Creating healthier food environments in Canada: Current policies and priority actions, Ontario Fall 2017” as it offers evidence-based recommendations that can improve the food environment and eating behaviours of Ontarians.

ODPH Submission to CCEYA Phase III Proposed Amendments

Response to the Phase III proposed amendments to CCEYA written by Child Care Working Group

New Standards for Public Health Programs and Services – Operational Considerations, Implementation Requirements and Supports, and Training Supports

Response to MOHLTC RE: modernization of public health standards
April 2017

Trans Fat Technical Consultation: ODPH Response

Trans Fat Technical Consultation: ODPH response December 2016

Response/Feedback Letter: Coordinated Land Use Planning Review, Oct 2016

Feedback Letter regarding the Land Use Planning Co-Ordinated Review, October 31, 2016

Response letter from Deb Matthews: FSWG

Response letter from Deb Matthews: FSWG

ODPH Recommendations on Healthy Menu Choices Act /Bill 45 Oct 2015

This document was submitted with the ODPH Response Letter Re: Bill 45/Menu Labelling, dated October 26, 2015. Document includes the final recommendations submitted by ODPH MLWG in response to the draft regulations for the Healthy Menu Choices Act, 2015.

ODPH Response Letter re:Canada Gazette Part 1 -Feedback on Proposed Changes to the Nutritional Information on Food Labels

ODPH Canada Gazette Part 1 -Feedback on Proposed Changes to the Nutritional Information on Food Labels

ODPH Response Letter re: proposed DNA changes

The following letter provides feedback on proposed regulatory changes under the Day Nurseries Act (DNA). February 2014

ODPH Response to Bill162

ODPH provided responses to the Ministry regarding the menu labelling legislation.

Feedback: A Consultation Paper on Ontario's Minimum Wage

In October, the ODPH Food Security Work Group provided feedback on "A Consultation Paper on Ontario's Minimum Wage." The following letter was sent to the Minimum Wage Review Committee on October 18, 2013.

Appendix A Through C

ODPH provided a follow up and more thorough response to the  No Time To Wait: The Healthy Kids Strategy  - the report from the Healthy Kids Panel, commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.

ODPH initial response to Healthy Kids Strategy Report

ODPH provides an initial response to the release of  No Time To Wait: The Healthy Kids Strategy  – the report from the Healthy Kids Panel, commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. 

NutriSTEP letter to MHLTC

ODPH is advocating for increased provincial support for the NutriSTEP® screening program – see our letter to the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

ODPH list of priorities to Healthy Kids Panel

ODPH submission to the  Healthy Kids Panel  calling for the panel to take an upstream approach to curbing childhood overweight in Ontario. On October 5, 2012 ODPH had a meeting with Phyllis Tanaka, RD to review our priorities. 

ODPH Response

ODPH provided a response to the provincial consultation document  Modernizing Child Care in Ontario: Sharing Conversations, Strengthening Partnerships, Working Together 

Commented Feedback draft

ODPH, through the work of the Family Health Nutrition Advisory Group provided feedback to Health Canada on the draft document Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants

Letter to the Public Heath Agency of Canada

A letter to the Public Health Agency of Canada to support Dietitians of Canada funding proposal titled "Operationalizing New Integrated Competencies for Dietetic Education and Practice related to Public Health Nutrition/Health Promotion, into Curriculum".

Letter to Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport regarding support for Nutrition Resource Centre (NRC)

A letter to the Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport (MHPS) to encourage the continued support of the Nutrition Resource Centre (NRC), and to request that ODPH be invited to provide input into NRC’s strategic planning process.

ODPH Letter regarding PHNCAC

ODPH commends the Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport, and the Chronic Disease Prevention Managers for recognizing the need to examine issues related to public health nutrition capacity in Ontario. We recognize there are health units across the province where recruitment and retention of public health nutritionists and public health dietitians are problematic. The letter makes several recommendations which include having an ODPH representative on the Public Health Nutritionist Capacity Advisory Committee (PHNCAC).

Letter to Minister Aglukkaq regarding leadership in protecting children from commercial marketing at the World Health Assembly a

ODPH urges the Minister to champion the health and well-being of children in the World Health Assembly talks, and enact strong measures in Canada to protect children from commercial marketing, including the three-quarters of Canadian children living outside of Quebec who do not have the benefit of that province’sConsumer Protection Act.