Building Capacity for Policy Analysis: The Obesity Discourse in Canada
Principal Investigator
John Church
Co-Investigators
Andrei Mogoutov
Zachary Devereaux
Project Overview
In this pilot project, we will examine the public discourse in Canada around obesity to explore the role of ideas in public policy making in relation to institutions and interests.
Time Frame
2005-2007
Funding Agencies
Health Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada
New Emerging Team grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism, and Diabetes and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada