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