Wendy Pinkerton-Knelsen Gives Submission To WSIB Benefits Policy Review Consultations In London, Ont

Published on Dec 6, 2012

Wendy Pinkerton-Knelsen Of The London & District Injured Workers Group & Ontario Network of Injured Worker Groups (ONIWG) Gives A Submission To Jim Thomas At The Workplace Safety & Insurance Board(WSIB) Benefits Policy Review Consultations For London, Ontario Which Where Held On Thursday, December 6, 2012 From 12:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. In The Springbank Room At The London Delta Armouries, Located at 325 Dundas Street.

WSIB 2012 Benefits Policy Review Consultation Discussion Paper
Prepared by: Jim Thomas, Chair -- 2012 Benefits Policy Review - July 2012: http://www.wsib.on.ca/files/Content/P...
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Countries pledge action to reduce child obesity

   Special Thanks to The Caibean Current News Source .http://thecaribbeancurrent.com/news/countries-pledge-action-to-reduce-child-obesity-in-the-americas/
    

Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (photo – vimeo.com)

Countries of the Americas took a giant step forward in the fight against the rising epidemic of obesity when they unanimously signed the new 5-year plan of action for the prevention of obesity in children and adolescents. This was signed during the 53rd Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), which was also the 66th Session of the Regional Committee of WHO for the Americas. Alongside other measures, the plan calls for fiscal policies and regulation of food marketing and labelling, improvement of school nutrition and physical activity environments, and promotion of breastfeeding and healthy eating. Its goal is to halt the rise of the obesity epidemic so that obesity prevalence in each country does not increase further.

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The prevalence of overweight and obesity is highest in the Americas compared with other WHO regions. 62% of adults aged older than 20 years in the region are overweight or obese. In three countries—Chile, Mexico, and the USA—obesity and overweight now affect about seven out of ten adults. 20–25% of children aged younger than 19 years in Latin America are overweight or obese.

Rates are increasing sharply and rapidly, even in the youngest age groups. According to PAHO calculations based on data from demographic and health surveys from 1992 to 2012, in children aged 5 years and younger, obesity and overweight rates more than tripled in the Dominican Republic between 1991 and 2013 (from 2•2 to 7•3%), and doubled in El Salvador between 1993 and 2008 (from 1•5 to 3%). In seven eastern Caribbean countries, rates of overweight and obesity in children aged 4 years and younger doubled in just 10 years, from 7•4% in 2000 to 14•8% in 2010.4 In adolescents (aged 12–19 years) of both sexes, obesity rates increased by 20%, from 17•4% in 2003 to 20•5% in 2012 in the USA.5 In adolescent girls (aged 15–20 years), overweight and obesity rates have risen steadily over the past two decades—eg, in Bolivia, from 21•1% to 42•7%; in Guatemala, from 19•6% to 29•4%; and in Peru, from 22•0% to 28•5%.

Countries in the Americas recognise that to fight this epidemic, more is needed than mere public education about the importance of healthy habits. Aggressive measures are needed and are now being taken. These measures include fiscal and regulatory measures, such as taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages and energy-dense nutrient-poor products that aim to reduce consumption (in Mexico); new policies to improve the school food environment, particularly foods sold in schools (in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the USA, and Uruguay); regulations on food marketing to children (in Brazil, Chile, and Peru); mandatory front-of-package, easy-to-understand labelling of processed food products (in Ecuador); and comprehensive frameworks for promotion of healthy weight on the basis of multisectoral partnerships (in Canada and the USA).

For child and adolescent obesity to be addressed, sustained multisectoral actions are also needed from the public and nongovernmental sectors and, when appropriate, the private sector. Two key areas addressed by the PAHO plan of action are provision of urban spaces for physical activity and measures to increase the availability of and access to nutritious foods. Promotion of public spaces and improvement of public transport systems help increase physical activity. Interventions to improve production, storage, and distribution systems for natural, whole foods are also important; family farming initiatives are a good example.

To support countries in implementation of the plan of action,1 PAHO is providing evidence-based information for development of policies and regulations, regional nutrition guidelines for preschool and school feeding programmes, and guidelines for food and drink sold in schools. Additionally, PAHO is supporting adoption of indicators of obesity, will develop and maintain a database of nationally representative figures on overweight and obesity prevalence, and will monitor activities related to implementation of policies, laws, and programmes in the Americas. Through unanimous approval of the PAHO plan of action, governments in the Americas have set an example of leadership to protect children and adolescents from one of the most serious health threats facing present and future generations.

Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization.

Source: The Lancet

The Weight of the Nation: Stigma - The Human Cost of Obesity (HBO Docs) VIDEO

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Family doctors resign from AAFP over Coke partnership

Family doctors resign from AAFP over Coke partnership

Yesterday, 20 family physicians in Contra Costa County, California, ripped up their membership cards in the American Academy of Family Physicians in protest over the AAFP’s partnership with Coca-Cola.

The director of the Contra Costa Department of Health Services, Dr. William Walker, announced that he was resigning his 25-year membership in AAFP.  In his statement, Dr. Walker said:

…I am appalled and ashamed of this partnership between Coca-Cola and the American Academy of Family Physicians. How can any organization that claims to promote public health join forces with a company that promotes products that put our children at risk for obesity, heart disease and early death.

…The AAFP is supposed to be an organization that works to protect the health of children not put them at risk. Their decision to take soda money is all the more unconscionable because, unlike doctors in the 40s, they well know the negative health impact of soda. There is no shortage of documentation that soda is a major contributor to our nation’s obesity epidemic.

…Let me be clear about something: as disappointed as I am with the American Academy of Family Physicians for being duped into thinking that Coca Cola wants to help promote health, the real problem here is our children are being put at risk.

Companies like Coca Cola are polluting our communities with deceptive advertising promoting products that put our children’s health at risk.

…as a family practice doctor and the Health Officer for Contra Costa, I do have a prescription for every parent, teacher, community leader and student:

Look beyond the glitzy advertising that makes you think pouring liquid containing sugar into your body is healthy. Read the label. Look at the ingredients. I’m not suggesting that you boycott sugared drinks, but please make an informed decision about what you are consuming.

I’m calling on every city and neighborhood in our County to fight back against the industry that pushes these harmful products. I ask the American Academy of Family Physicians to end this unhealthy partnership and to join us in leading this important campaign to take back the health of our residents and end the obesity epidemic.

Strong words, indeed.  I hope that the AAFP – and other health and nutrition organizations that might consider food industry partnerships – pay close attention to these words.

* The event was covered in the Contra Costa Times. The Health Department’s website includes the press release and also a video and podcast.

Addendum:

Dr. Wendel Brunner, PhD, MD, Director of Public Health in the Contra Costa Department of Health Services has given me permission to post excerpts from his letter to a representative of the California Association of Family Physicians who had asked for more information about the protest:

“The epidemic of obesity is the greatest public health and clinical medicine issue of our time, and will lead to untold disease, shortened life spans, and medical cost. That epidemic took off rapidly in the 80’s. While genes and personal choices do have an impact on obesity, only profound environmental changes could lead to such a rapid development of the epidemic, and it will only be stopped by policy development and environmental and norm change. We need to create an environment that supports people in making good choices for themselves and their families.

One of the best choices families can make is to pretty much eliminate sweetened beverages. And the soda industry doesn’t want that to happen, so they are looking for credible groups who will say that drinking soda is OK for your health. But you know all that already, which makes this even more frustrating.

I am an old county doctor, but I still believe that physicians have a responsibility to advocate for their patients and fight to protect their health, and to first of all, do no harm. I am truly gratified to see that our younger physicians in Contra Costa have those same values too. The responsibility of a physician to their patient is a sacred trust; physicians should never sell out their patients’ health and well-being for a price, not even one “in the mid six figures”.

The AAFP needs to change their policy and thereby begin to redeem themselves. In the process, they would educate the country and do something valuable for the nations health, as well as for their own integrity. If they do not, they will continue an unfortunately long and sordid tradition of professionals and their organizations forgetting their purpose and their ethics and putting their narrow organizational financial interest above the interest of the public that they serve. Resigning membership seems to be the most effective way for physicians to provide a wake-up call to the AAFP, and at this point is the best thing a physician could do to benefit the organization.We anticipate that there will be more resignations as this story develops.

Everything cannot be blamed on the environment or peer pressures or economic factors; patients do have a personal responsibility to make good choices for their health and the health of their families. But physicians have the personal responsibility to make good choices too, and so do the professionals who work for them.

The AAFP and the individuals in it made a bad choice. They now have the responsibility to fix it.”

http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/10/family-doctors-resign-from-aafp-over-coke-partnership/