The Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport in the Canadian province of Ontario was responsible for the promotion of healthy living and disease prevention in the province. Between 2005 and July 2010, the organization's name was the Ministry of Health Promotion.
The ministry was created in 2005 by the government of Dalton McGuinty. The first Minister of Health Promotion was Jim Watson; the second and last minister was Margarett Best.
The EatRight Ontario service was launched in 2007. It is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport, and is operated by Dietitians of Canada. It was created to support the Healthy Eating Active Living Strategy[2] of providing residents of Ontario with trusted healthy eating advice from Registered Dietitians. Healthy eating is a key factor in wellness, and prevention of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, heart disease and cancer.[citation needed]
ministry, health, promotion, sport, ontario, ministry, health, promotion, sport, canadian, province, ontario, responsible, promotion, healthy, living, disease, prevention, province, between, 2005, july, 2010, organization, name, ministry, health, promotion, mi. The Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport in the Canadian province of Ontario was responsible for the promotion of healthy living and disease prevention in the province Between 2005 and July 2010 the organization s name was the Ministry of Health Promotion The ministry was created in 2005 by the government of Dalton McGuinty The first Minister of Health Promotion was Jim Watson the second and last minister was Margarett Best Following the 2011 Ontario general election the ministry was merged into the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care 1 Contents 1 The EatRight Ontario Service 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksThe EatRight Ontario Service editThe EatRight Ontario service was launched in 2007 It is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport and is operated by Dietitians of Canada It was created to support the Healthy Eating Active Living Strategy 2 of providing residents of Ontario with trusted healthy eating advice from Registered Dietitians Healthy eating is a key factor in wellness and prevention of chronic diseases such as diabetes obesity heart disease and cancer citation needed See also editHealth promotionReferences edit Gassing sport ministry is dumb Steve Buffery Columnists Sports London Free Press Archived from the original on 2012 01 31 Ontario s Action Plan for Healthy Eating and Active LivingExternal links editMinistry of Health Promotion and Sport nbsp This Canadian government related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport Ontario amp oldid 1165792083, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
