Hosted by the Ontario Public Health Association's Nutrition Resource Centre and held in conjunction with the 4th Canadian Obesity Summit, this one-day event will bring together nutrition and health promotion professionals to explore the timely topic of obesity messaging. Through thought-provoking presentations and engaging discussions with leading nutrition and obesity experts, participants will be challenged to critically rethink conventional obesity messaging strategies.

Learning Objectives:

To enhance the promotion of healthy eating and obesity messaging in Ontario by better understanding:

-the public's perception and knowledge of obesity and healthy eating

-the impact of obesity-related health messages on the public

-the role of the food environment and social determinants of health in obesity

-effective obesity and healthy eating-related communication strategies

Topics include:

Public’s understanding and beliefs about obesity and healthy eating

Addressing myths about obesity and nutrition

Health equity in the promotion of healthy eating and obesity messaging

Public’s perception of obesity messaging

Food environment and personal responsibility

Healthy obesity - implications for obesity messaging

Effective strategies for communicating healthy eating to the public

Using the word "obesity" in obesity messaging

Using people-first language

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