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July 15, 2005, Library of Parliment ~ Sheena Starky, Economics Division

THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC IN CANADA

“ In 2004, approximately 6.8 million Canadian adults ages 20 to 64 were overweight, and an additional 4.5 million were obese. Roughly speaking, an adult male is considered overweight when his body weight exceeds the maximum desirable weight for his height, and obese when his body weight is 20% or more over this desirable weight. A similar guideline holds true for women, but at a threshold of 25% rather than 20%. Dramatic increases in overweight and obesity among Canadians over the past 30 years have been deemed to constitute an “epidemic.” ”

Try taxing what makes us ill
April 9, 2002, The Daily News, Halifax ~ David Swick
Money from a tax on junk food could go to health care “ Nova Scotians, by and large, are lousy eaters. We guzzle pop by the gallon, are the king of donairs. Hundreds of thousands of us eat bad food a lot of the time. And this is a major factor in our health-care crisis. ”

September 2001, Newsletter of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington DC. from comments in the Canadian Medical Association Journal

Up, Up, and Away

“ The percentage of adults in Alberta, Nova Scotia, and Quebec who are overweight has more than doubled since 1985. Bottom line: more than 1,500 Albertans, 1,000 Nova Scotians, and 4,000 Quebeckers die each year from illnesses caused in part by their excessive weight, according to GPI Atlantic, a non-profit research group in Tantallon, Nova Scotia. "To turn around this increase," says GPI Atlantic's Ron Colman, "we have to recognize that junk food, physical inactivity, and rising stress rates are as toxic and costly as tobacco." ”
Copyright © 2001, CSPI/CMAJ

Obesity weighing down provincial deficit, says researcher
March 30, 2000, The Chronicle Herald, Halifax ~ Susan Leblanc
“ The World Health Organization has said there is an obesity epidemic worldwide, Nova Scotia is no exception. ¶ About 38 per cent of Nova Scotia adults over 20 are obese. The number of obese adults doubled between 1985 and 1997. ¶ That places Nova Scotia second in the country ”

Obesity big problem in N.S.
March 29, 2000, The Daily News, Halifax ~ Shaune MacKinlay
Costs to health-care system pegged at between $120-260m “ Record-high obesity is taking a lot more than a pound of flesh from Nova Scotia, according to figures released yesterday. ”

Cost of Obesity in Nova Scotia
April 2000	Social Capital ~ Population Health
Author: Ronald Colman, Ph.D
Direct and indirect short and long-term economic impacts of obesity on health costs and economic productivity in Nova Scotia, using relative risk ratios for ten illnesses, and analysis of social causes.
Abstract
ISBN 0-9731035-7-4	Full Report 50 pages 320K PDF
	Media Coverage
Presentation: The Cost of Obesity and what Dieticians Can Do About It Dieticians of Canada National Conference, Halifax, June 9, 2006 2.1MB PPT

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