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The Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

January 28, 2015

That the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology be authorized to examine and report on the increasing incidence of obesity in Canada: causes, consequences and the way forward , including but not limited to:

a)            food consumption trends contributing to increased general obesity;

b)            the role of specific elements of diet;

c)            the role of the processed food industry;

d)            lifestyle;

e)            provincial and federal initiatives; and,

f)             international best practices.

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