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Defining healthy eating focus of HK researcher

September 8th, 2009 | Author: admin

Article from the University of Windsor Public Affairs & Communications, September 8, 2009:

Sarah Woodruff Atkinson is hoping her research will help send a much clearer message to Canadians about what it means to be a healthy eater.

“If someone says you have a healthy diet, what does that mean?” says the new assistant professor in human kinetics. “Depending on your definition, it can mean many things.”

Woodruff Atkinson, who until now had been living near Cambridge and teaching sessionally and at Wilfrid Laurier University, will continue her work here on developing a healthy eating index. Based on the recommendations in Canada’s Food Guide, she and her colleagues from Waterloo and Mount St. Vincent in Halifax want to develop an “easy to use composite score” that would help people determine if they’re getting the right amount of nutrients.

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