Health

Food insecurity in Nunavut needs “remedial action,” according to a new report. Canada’s Food Report Card 2016 was released by The Conference Board of Canada on Thursday. It grades the country’s regions on their food performance based on five factors: industry prosperity, healthy food and diets, food safety, household food security, ...

Sunghak Choi, pictured in the lobby of her Mississauga condo, came to Canada from South Korea in 1982. She says there are “many challenges” for immigrant seniors when it comes to staying healthy. A new study by the Wellesley Institute looks at inequities in health and mental health between Canadian-born ...

Margarine’s fortunes seem to be taking another sad turn, with the owner of Country Crock and I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter looking for someone to take the brands off its hands. Consumer products heavyweight Unilever said Thursday it’s seeking to unload its spreads business that has suffered from soft sales ...

STOP Diabetes Foundation is taking help of community pharmacies throughout Peel Region to host diabetes prevention education clinics as part of the “Are you the one?” campaign during the November Diabetes Awareness month. Members of the public, who do not have diabetes, are invited to complete a free 5-minute assessment ...

Being healthy is not easy. It includes a little hard work on the choices you make about how you eat and live. We all like to think we are unique as snowflakes. It’s true to a certain extent but it’s also not true to a certain extent. From a nutrition standpoint, ...