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Going dry with low- & non-alcoholic drinks
In this episode, we explore low- and non-alcoholic beverages: can they help us develop safe drinking habits and can they replace alcohol for those of us struggling with alcohol use disorder or those who simply want to reduce their alcohol intake?
Mobile Produce Markets: A Food Security Solution webinar
BC Alliance for Healthy Living’s recent research has shown that 93% of British Columbians are not eating the recommended five or more servings of fruit and vegetables a day. We know that increasing fruit and vegetable intake helps prevent chronic disease, but how do we get to that point? Canadians are facing a high inflation…
Sugary drinks: health impacts and equity implications
“Sugary drinks are uniquely problematic for a variety of reasons.” One of those problems is that sugary drinks are everywhere: grocery store aisles dedicated to pop, juices, sports and energy drinks, at restaurants, at summer fairs, food stalls and markets, in advertisements, on billboards and in our social media feeds. In this episode of The…
Sugary drinks: health impacts and equity
In this episode, we explore the health impacts of sugary drinks, some ways that can help reduce consumption, and how we can make sugary drink taxation equitable. Our guests are Dr. Tom Warshawski, Chair of Childhood Obesity Foundation and a consultant pediatrician based in Kelowna, and Dr. Jim Krieger, a professor at the University of…
Food Insecurity
We dive deep into food insecurity within the province with Valerie Tarasuk, and how COVID-19 has accentuated the issue.Valerie Tarasuk is a professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto, and leads PROOF, a research program launched with funding from CIHR to investigate policy interventions to reduce food insecurity in Canada.
My Mindful Eating Challenge during #ScreenFreeWeek
I recently had the exciting opportunity of hearing a presentation by one of the leading creators behind the new Canada’s Food Guide. The Canada’s Food Guide has undergone vital changes since its last revision in 2007. One of which is the emphasis on how we eat. In fact, during the presentation, Dr. Hasan Hutchinson…
The True Cost of Healthy Eating
Making healthy food choices can be challenging in today’s food landscape with packed schedules, long commutes and the prevalence and convenience of fast foods luring us into bad decisions on empty stomachs.
Space Carrots and Broccoli Brains – my son is having none of it
My son does not eat vegetables. No way. Not having it. Not going to make me. The last time he put a vegetable in his mouth -and actually chewed and swallowed it- (yup, those are counted as steps in our house), was a pudgy fistful of peas when he was just over a year and…
Request for Proposal: Appetite to Play: Phase 2 Healthy Eating & Physical Activity Capacity Building for Early Years Providers
BC Alliance for Healthy Living (BCAHL) is inviting proposals for the Appetite to Play initiative. Appetite to Play will be a website and resource that provides a comprehensive and coordinated approach to healthy eating and physical activity for early years providers. Request for Proposals document can be found here. Deadline for Confirmation of Interest form…
Surviving $ticker Shock in the Produce Section
Have you seen the price of cauliflower these days?!! It sounds like a conversation you might have with your grandmother when you’ve run out of things to talk about. But not these days with lettuce going for $4 and cauliflower for $7, now the soaring cost of fresh produce has become a big topic in…
Getting to the Sweet Spot –It’s Time to Tax Sugary Drinks
Last week, BCAHL had a great opportunity to meet up with health leaders from Mexico and Barbados and hear about how they were able to build support for a Sugary Drink Tax. Both countries were wrestling to control the health complications and costs (especially from type 2 diabetes and hypertension) that have developed alongside growing…
See Jane Thrive! Lessons for Healthier Early Childhood Development
It’s often said that ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ and this is definitely true when we look at creating conditions for healthy early childhood development. On June 24th, BCAHL hosted a webinar to highlight some of the lessons from those who are working to give young children a healthy beginning. Joseph Dunn,…

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