CMAJ • April 22, 2008; 178 (9). doi:10.1503/cmaj.1080021.
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Health Check program

Lyall Higginson, MD

President, Canadian Cardiovascular Society, Ottawa, Ont.

I am writing in response to the CMAJ news item on the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada's Health Check program.1 As a practising cardiologist, I know the critical role that a healthy lifestyle plays in the prevention of heart disease. An important part of such a lifestyle is a well-balanced diet that follows the recommendations in Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide.2 In a world where confusing information on nutrition is everywhere, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada ably fills a vital role in helping people to maintain good health and reduce their risk of developing chronic diseases such as heart disease.

Through its Health Check program the foundation makes a commendable effort to identify foods that can fit into a healthy eating plan. Although we would all like to see Canadians make major changes to their diet overnight, this will not happen. The Health Check program helps people to make important changes to their diet over time and thus keeps them out of my office.

Footnotes

Competing interests: None declared.


REFERENCES

  1. Truscott A. Checking up on Health Check. CMAJ 2008;178:386-7.[Free Full Text]
  2. Health Canada. Eating well with Canada's food guide. Ottawa (ON): Health Canada; 2007. Available: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index_e.html (accessed 2008 Feb 11).




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