{"id":6312,"date":"2015-10-07T14:42:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T14:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=6312"},"modified":"2015-10-07T16:32:03","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T16:32:03","slug":"6312","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/07\/6312\/","title":{"rendered":"Laval first city to tackle youth nutrition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesuburban.com\">By Robert Frank<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian diabetes epidemic hasn\u2019t reached American proportions yet, but it\u2019s on its way there.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly one in five of American children aged seven to 12 are obese. Even though fewer children here are obese, the Canadian figure\u2014about one in eight\u2014is still cause for concern. By high school, though the figures soar: one in five boys 12-17 are obese, according to Statistics Canada.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a serious public health problem. Obese children tend to grow up to become obese adults, radically ratcheting up their risk of heart attack, diabetes and cancer.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Laval is the first major city in the province to grapple with the problem. It wants to take temptation out of reach of the city\u2019s schoolchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, city council directed city manager Serge Lamontagne to come up with a way to address the problem posed by fast-food restaurants that proliferate near Laval schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFast-food restaurants actually target kids,\u201d St. Vincent de Paul Councillor Paolo Galati told\u00a0<em>The Suburban.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fats and sugar in the [high-calorie] food that they serve lead directly to health problems,\u201d said Galati who, since last year\u2019s election, also serves as a Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB) commissioner. \u201cWe want kids to grow up to be healthy adults.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He underscored SWLSB\u2019s nutrition initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur kids are not allowed to bring junk food into our schools,\u201d Galati declared. \u201cIt has to be nutritious. Also our [cafeteria] caterers can\u2019t serve foods like hot dogs or fries on their menus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Laval executive committee vice-chairman David de Cotis credited Olympic gold medalist Sylvie Bernier for putting youth nutrition on the city\u2019s radar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParents have the primary responsibility for educating their children about the adverse effects of fast food,\u201d he acknowledged in an interview, \u201cand the municipality will work in tandem to help them out by discouraging young children from going out to buy fast food during the school day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De Cotis added that the city might consider prohibiting fast-food restaurants from setting up shop around schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think we would remove existing restaurants that are already established,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re looking at new establishments. We can, as a municipality, discourage them from setting up around schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve asked [Lamontagne] to study how other cities have implemented these bylaws and come back to council with a recommendation,\u201d De Cotis concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year Laval began the process of revamping its urban development plan. It remains to be seen whether Montreal, Quebec City and other municipalities will emulate Laval\u2019s lead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Body-mass-index-of-children-and-youth-2012-to-2013-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6313\" src=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Body-mass-index-of-children-and-youth-2012-to-2013-2-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"Body mass index of children and youth, 2012 to 2013\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Body-mass-index-of-children-and-youth-2012-to-2013-2-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Body-mass-index-of-children-and-youth-2012-to-2013-2-1024x647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Body-mass-index-of-children-and-youth-2012-to-2013-2-720x455.jpg 720w, https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Body-mass-index-of-children-and-youth-2012-to-2013-2.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>One in five boys 12-17 are obese, according to Statistics Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Robert Frank The Canadian diabetes epidemic hasn\u2019t reached American proportions yet, but it\u2019s on its way there. Nearly one in five of American children aged seven to 12 are obese. Even though fewer children here are obese, the Canadian figure\u2014about one in eight\u2014is still cause for concern. By high school, though the figures soar:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Laval first city to tackle youth nutrition - Newscoverage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/07\/6312\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Laval first city to tackle youth nutrition - Newscoverage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Robert Frank The Canadian diabetes epidemic hasn\u2019t reached American proportions yet, but it\u2019s on its way there. 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