To its credit, Health Canada has recently announced packaging changes to help Canadians make better food choices and, ideally, lose a few as a result. Health Canada recommended a simple solution: warning symbols on the front of any package containing food high in sugar, salt or saturated fat. Rather than simple and expedient packaging changes, industry lobbyists called for a level of nutritional literacy that, based on the current state of our waistlines, is clearly beyond many of us. So far, Health Canada has stood firm against the food lobby. Perhaps they can inspire our finance ministers to stand up to investment industry lobbyists, too.

Source: National Post November 21, 2017 01:30 UTC