Governments should take active lead to create healthy food environments to prevent cardiovascular disease
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - 04:00
in Health & Medicine
Canadian health organizations are calling upon governments to take a leadership role in creating healthy food environments. They say that implementing strategies that facilitate access to affordable healthy foods and beverages in places where Canadians work, live, and play could play a key role in preventing diet-related disease and health risk such as obesity and hypertension, and ultimately improve cardiovascular health.