BC Dairy Foundation Nutrition Forum

Should we tax “junk food”? Can we promote health with a “soda tax”? Is obesity a taxing problem? Do subsidies affect our food choices? Join the debate. Register today for the 10th Annual BC Dairy Foundation Nutrition Forum! Visit www.bcdairyfoundation.ca to download a registration form. Food Taxes & Subsidies: Weighing the Options Thursday, May 20, 2010 1:00-4:30pm Villa Amato Ballroom, 88 East 1st. Ave, Third floor, Vancouver, BC Keynote presentation: Can taxes and subsidies help trim our waistlines (and health care budgets)? Speaker:  Dr. Sean Cash Panel presentation and discussion featuring: •  Junk the tax?  From rhetoric to recommendations Dr. Sean Cash •  What is the appetite for economic policies to promote healthy eating? Dr. Kim Raine • Current food taxes in BC Dr. Rick Barichello About the speakers: Sean Cash, PhD Applied economist, Department of Consumer Science, University of Wisconsin Adjunct professor, Department of Rural Economy, University of Alberta Research focuses on how food and nutrition policies affect both producers and consumers Current and recent projects include the efficacy of food price interventions as public health tools; the role of agricultural policies on nutrition; how consumers value social aspects of food relative to other attributes; and how health information impacts consumers’ demand for food. Kim Raine, PhD, RD Professor, Centre for Health Promotion Studies, School of Public Health, University of Alberta Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)/Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC) Applied Public Health Chair Co-director, Healthy Alberta Communities, a community-based chronic disease prevention project funded by Alberta Health and Wellness Recent research focuses on the socio-environmental determinants of the obesity epidemic, and community-based strategies to promote healthy weights at multiple ecological levels. Rick Barichello, PhD Professor, Food and Resource Economics (FRE), Faculty of Land and Food Systems, UBC Director, Centre for Southeast Asia Research, Institute for Asian Research, UBC Research interests include analyzing the effects of selected agricultural policy instruments and international agricultural development. Who will benefit: – dietitians/community nutritionists – health educators – public health professionals – policymakers concerned about health – food industry representatives – government representatives Visit www.bcdairyfoundation.ca to download a registration form. Registration deadline: May 14, 2010 Registration fee: $25  Students: $20 Pre-registration is required. Registrations accepted by mail only. Please mail completed registration form with payment to: Nutrition Forum BC Dairy Foundation 3236 Beta Ave., Burnaby, BC V5G 4K4 Getting to the forum: Public transit is recommended. (MainSt. SkyTrain Station is only a 10 minute walk away.) Underground parking is available for $7 (cash only). Entrance is behind the building, off the alley between East 1st Ave and East 2nd Ave. For further information, please contact Lynne Sawchuk at BC Dairy Foundation (Tel: 604.294.3775 or 1.800.242.6455 or Email: lsawchuk@bcdf.ca)