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Tri-Health
Initiatives Help Many Change Lifestyle Habits
The Health Unit, along with
many community partners, worked together
throughout 1999 to promote healthy eating,
physical activity, and smoke-free living.
Partners involved in this Tri-Health
initiative included the Heart and Stroke
Foundatio
n, the Canadian Cancer
Society, Community Health Centres, and the
OASIS Institute for Healthy Living, among
others.
Early in the year, a media campaign promoted
the three risk factors for heart disease and
cancer: unhealthy eating, physical inactivity
and smoking. A contest was carried out on the
radio and in various local newspapers,
resulting in a positive response.
The Grocery Store Task Force carried out a
project in six grocery stores throughout the
tri-county. Information posters and tear off
fact sheets containing healthy recipes were
placed in the produce sections of the grocery
stores. The project promoted more fruits and
vegetables in our diets.
The Restaurant Task Force developed a dining
guide for Kemptville, Merrickville and Smiths
Falls. These guides contained information on
“eating out the healthy way”. The guide
listed restaurants offering smoke-free
environments and healthier food choices and
were delivered to all households in the three
communities. Community response to the
campaign was positive.
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