Controversy surrounding ignored potential health effects of coal transfer facilities in the Lower Mainland has reinvigorated the push for mandatory health impact assessments in BC. A proposed new... Read More
Council on Health Promotion
Obesity is a major risk factor for hypertension, stroke, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers. Unhealthy behaviors that promote weight gain begin during childhood. Most children do not... Read More
The Emergency Medical Services Committee (EMSC) has played an important role for Doctors of BC over the past 50 years. Functioning under the umbrella of the Council of Health Promotion, the committee... Read More
Because of my belief in the benefits of physical activity, and my passion for encouraging more of it, I have worked at the community, provincial, and national levels promoting physical activity for... Read More
Modern medicine, good nutrition, and sanitary conditions have resulted in life expectancy reaching a record high in the developed world. Many more people are now surviving illnesses that were... Read More