Although much of the research from this department has directly impacted food and nutrition policy, this is a core focus of several faculty members. Specifically, these research programs aim to generate research that can be used for evidence-based public health nutrition policy development and implementation. Examples of research activities in this area include (but are not limited to):
providing evidence to support food environment policies and interventions aimed at making the healthier food choice the easier choice, in areas such as:
nutrition labelling (e.g., health claims, front-of-package labelling, menu labelling);
marketing of foods and beverages to children; and
assessing the nutritional quality of packaged and restaurant foods;
measuring and evaluating the dietary intakes and patterns of the Canadian population using national nutrition surveys (e.g., the Canadian Community Health Survey - Nutrition);
investigating population health implications of food fortification and natural health products;
elucidating the scope and nature of food insecurity in Canada;
informing clinical guidelines (e.g., evidence of the impact of dietary interventions on diabetes and cardiovascular diseases);
