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Lecture 2a 14 Jan 2013 Nutrition concerns including nutritional health and food consumption trends in Canada 

 About The Canadian Council of Food and NutritionTracking  Nutrition Trends (TNT) - 1989-2009- produced by The Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition (CCFN) The Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition (CCFN) is a national, non-profit organization established in 2004 through the union of the mandates of the National Institute of Nutrition and the Canadian Food Information Council. The vision of CCFN is to be the multi-sectoral trusted voice for science and evidence-based food and nutrition policy and information in Canada. To successfully achieve its vision, CCFN acts as a catalyst in advancing the nutritional health and well-being of all Canadians by: •Championing evidence-based solutions to key nutrition issues affecting the nutritional health of Canadians; •Advocating for evidence-based nutrition policy in Canada; and •Promoting public understanding of food and nutrition issues.

For more information, visit www.ccfn.ca.

  

About Tracking Nutrition Trends (TNT) Surveys

The Tracking Nutrition Trends (TNT) survey series was initiated in 1989 to investigate adult Canadians’ self-reported knowledge, attitudes and behaviour with respect to food and nutrition issues. Each wave of the series has built on the previous findings by tracking trends and developing a benchmark on emerging issues.   

 A brief summary of the 20 year report

The first trend is the rise in Internet access that has occurred. The TNT tracking clearly shows that the Internet rose from a minor information source in the late 1990s to a major source of information. It is now one of the most important sources of information and, significantly, one that is considered credible by many Canadians. The information role of the Internet is, of course, only one of the implications of this technology; it also has empowered people to join social communities and develop their own content. To date the implications of this change are unclear.

The second trend is that the information landscape around food and nutrition is constantly changing. This is well illustrated by the trans fat issue which rose quickly on the public agenda in the early years of the decade and then reached a plateau in the past few years. From 1997 to 2001, concern with trans fat in food rose from 40 to 59 per cent (very or somewhat concerned). In 2008, trans fat was just as much of a concern to Canadians as fat in general. As a result of this rising concern, the proportion of Canadians who indicated choosing food based on the amount of trans fat rose from 41 per cent (often or sometimes) in 2001 to 68 per cent in 2006, where it remained in 2008.

  

 How Canadians perceive themselves Over the past four iterations of the TNT survey, more and more Canadians have indicated that their eating habits are excellent or very good. Now just over half (51% in 2008) feel this way. Although this is a self-rating, it corresponds very well with key nutrition-related behaviours. For example, 76 per cent of those who rated their health as excellent or very good in 2008 said they eat breakfast every day compared with 37 per cent of those who rated their health as poor. Because eating regular meals is a factor in overall health, it is clear that people who report eating poorly are facing challenges in acting on basic nutrition advice.

Certainly not all Canadians are knowledgeable about food and nutrition. In 2008, the TNT survey found that 38 per cent consider themselves to be very knowledgeable, which was up significantly from 2006 (26%) but only up marginally compared with 1997 (33%) when the question was first asked .

It is interesting that while Canadians’ stock of food and nutrition information has no doubt increased, there has been almost no movement in terms of knowledge of some relatively basic facts of nutrition since 1989. For example, 74 per cent of Canadians in 1989 knew that some types of dietary fibre can help reduce cholesterol in one’s blood, which is the same level as in 2008.

  

 MORE SPECIFICS

-rise in internet use for nutrition information

-still little attention being paid to trans fats- do not really understand trans fats

  

  MORE SPECIFICS continued

-little change in self rated health, self rated eating habits or self rated knowledge about nutrition (all still less than 50 %)-grasp of key nutrition facts (1989-2009) remains unchanged

          -key nutrition facts are: 1) high fibre diet may help prevent colon cancer (about 80 %)2) reducing fat in the diet can lower blood cholesterol (about 80 %)3) some types of fibre help reduce blood cholesterol (about 75 %)4) fewer could name all four food groups or at least one food group5) all of above 3 plus understanding of glycemic index and omega 3's in health showed a small drop (2006 to 2008) -desire to maintain good health has dropped as has making improvements to eating habits and the importance of good nutrition

  

   

MORE SPECIFICS continued

-convenience of foods has become more important over the years

-percentage of people always reading food labels has remained fairly low and constant

-yet concern about dietary fat, cholesterol, fibre, salt, sugar, vitamins, caffeine and fibre has increased

-a small percentage increase in persons are selecting foods based on fat, cholesterol, fibre, salt, sugar, saturated and trans fat. 

 BOTTOM LINE NOT ALL CANADIANS ARE WALKING THE TALK. THEY KNOW WHAT HAS TO BE DONE BUT CANNOT BRING CONSISTENTLY THEMSELVES TO DO IT. CANADIANS AS A POPULATION JUST DO NOT GET IT.

  

2008 Our Health –Cape Breton District Health Authorityhttp://www.cbdha.nshealth.ca/IC2/intranet/includes/secure_file.cfm?ID=75&menuID=3

Fruits and Vegetables Consumption

Females were more likely than malesto consume the recommended daily servings of fruit and vegetables.

2008 Our Health –Cape Breton District Health Authorityhttp://www.cbdha.nshealth.ca/IC2/intranet/includes/secure_file.cfm?ID=75&menuID=3

Diabetes Rates Cape Breton Canada NS Males 12% 6% 8% Females 9% 5% 6%

BMI Cape Breton Canada NS Overweight 61.3% 48.5% 55.2% Obese 21.4% 16.0% 20.1% 

AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE BAD NEWS ARE:

http://www.diabetes.ca/documents/getinvolved/FINAL_Economic_Report.pdf