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DESCRIPTION:Catherine L. Mah  MD\, FRCPC\, PhD\n\nProfessor | School of Hea
 lth Administration\n	Dalhousie University\n\nWHEN: Monday\, January 6\, 202
 5\, from 4 to 5 p.m.\n	WHERE: Hybrid| 2001 McGill College\, Rm 1140 | Zoom
 \n	NOTE: Catherine Mah will be presenting from Halifax\n\nAbstract\n\nThe c
 ost of food is a barrier to achieving improved population nutrition. Nutri
 tious diets\, on average\, tend to cost more. The affordability of food ca
 n contribute to socioeconomic inequalities in diet\, nutrition\, and healt
 h. Since the 2008 financial crisis and COVID-19\, governments are now at a
  crossroads in food affordability policy\, with prior social progress on l
 iving standards having stalled or declined. Linear programming studies hav
 e shown it is possible to model diets that are low-cost\, and that optimiz
 e key nutrition parameters (and palatability\, ecological sustainability\,
  etc.) However\, examination of expenditure patterns and consumed diets is
  beginning to demonstrate the vast gaps between population actual consumpt
 ion\, and science-based reference diets. This presentation will examine de
 velopments in economic and social indicators through which food affordabil
 ity is monitored for public policy purposes in Canada.\n\nLearning Objecti
 ves\n\nAt the end of this talk\, attendees will:\n\n\n	Describe economic an
 d social indicators through which food affordability is monitored for publ
 ic policy purposes in Canada\;\n	Contextualize the use of these indicators 
 to address varied normative policy goals\;\n	Explore options for public inv
 estment in high-quality digital food cost measurement with nutrition in mi
 nd.\n\n\nSpeaker Bio\n\nCatherine L. Mah is Professor in the School of Hea
 lth Administration at Dalhousie University and holds the Canada Research C
 hair in Promoting Healthy Populations. She is most widely known for her sc
 ientific work in nutrition and food insecurity policy\, and teaches health
  policy. She was an appointee to Health Canada’s Nutrition Science Advisor
 y Committee (2020-2023) and the inaugural Canadian Food Policy Advisory Co
 uncil (2020-2022). She currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Committ
 ee for the Council of Canadian Academies. In 2022\, Dr. Mah was the recipi
 ent of a Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal from Nova Scotia.\n
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SUMMARY:Cost and Affordability of a Healthy Diet in Canada
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/epi-biostat-occh/channels/event/cost-and-affordab
 ility-healthy-diet-canada-362079
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