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Healthy Happy Meals with toys steer kids from junk food
McDonald's and other fast-food chains include promotional toys with their children's meals, and a new Canadian study has found offering playthings with healthy alternatives may be one way to cut the amount of foods they eat that contain more fat and salt. (Associated Press)
National youth survey reveals cigarette, cigarillo and little cigar use
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The latest national Youth Smoking Survey (YSS) reveals that in the 2010/2011 school year, 93,870 fewer Canadian youth (Grades 6-12)smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days compared with 2008/2009 data, representing a 2 per cent decline for students in Grades 6-9 (from 7 per cent to 5 per cent) and a 4.5 per cent decline for students in Grades 10-12 (from 21 per cent to 16 per cent).
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Steve Brown, PhD
Director, Biostatistics Group, Propel Centre for Population Health Impact
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Barbara (Barb) Riley, PhD
Executive Director, Propel Centre for Population Health Impact
“ Designed with support from Propel, our unique web-based food behaviour questionnaire has been accessed across Canada, including First Nation communities, to tackle childhood obesity.”
Rhona Hanning, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo
“ We're supporting Canadians by helping to create environments where youth remain smoke-free, eat healthy foods, and stay active.”
Stephen (Steve) Manske, EdD
Senior Scientist, Propel Centre for Population Health Impact
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Suzanne Tyas
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, and School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo
“ UW's International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project works with Propel to conduct surveys that evaluate tobacco control policies in 20 countries, inhabited by 70% of the world's tobacco users.”
Geoffrey Fong, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo
“ Supporting Propel's mandate to link evidence and action, we're helping to shape the world's first international public health treaty by building the evidence base for stronger tobacco control policies around the world.”
David Hammond, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo
“ We work closely with scientists at Propel to design and implement surveys on many topics related to cancer prevention.”
Mary Thompson, PhD
Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
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Sharon Campbell, PhD
Senior Scientist, Propel Centre for Population Health Impact
The Propel Centre for Population Health Impact is a collaborative enterprise that conducts research, evaluation and knowledge exchange to accelerate improvements in the health of populations in the areas of tobacco control, youth health and capacity development.
Propel’s niche is relevant and rigorous science that informs policies and practice to prevent cancer and other chronic diseases. We work with leaders in science, policy and practice, to jointly plan, conduct, and act on studies that lead to improvements in policies and programs and guide change. We are committed to moving evidence into action.
Propel was founded by the Canadian Cancer Society and the University of Waterloo.
Tobacco Control
Tobacco use is the number one preventable cause of death. In Canada alone, there are almost five million smokers. If they continue to smoke, between one-third and one-half of these smokers will die from their use of tobacco.
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Youth Health
Canada's youth are at risk of developing preventable chronic diseases due to tobacco use, unhealthy eating, and physical inactivity, and environments that support these unhealthy behaviours.
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Capacity Building
Building capacity to generate and support the use of relevant evidence, including a pan-Canadian graduate student training program, methods development, and evaluation research.
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