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Ottawa – With ingredients in hand and their eye on the clock, Immaculata High School students squared off today for a friendly kitchen cook-off to celebrate Food Revolution Day. Four teams of three students teamed up with Mayor Jim Watson, Ottawa Board of Health Chair Councillor Shad Qadri, Board of Health member Councillor Mathieu Fleury and Dr. Isra Levy, Medical Officer of Health, for a 30-minute competition to create a healthy, affordable and delicious lunch that students would prepare for themselves.
The Ottawa Public Health (OPH) Ultimate Lunch Cook-off was organized for Food Revolution Day, an annual campaign led by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. Every year, the day aims to raise awareness around better food education and real food. Canadian research shows that people are buying more processed, pre-prepared and convenience foods and fewer parents are cooking ‘”from scratch” or passing on food preparation skills to their children.
“Food Revolution Day is a great opportunity for children and youth in Ottawa to roll up their sleeves and practice cooking from scratch to learn how to make healthy meals for themselves,” said Mayor Watson. “Educators and parents play an important role by teaching youth about the importance of making good food choices and embracing a healthy, active lifestyle.”
Healthy eating contributes to quality of life, healthy weights and the prevention of several chronic diseases. A large number of Ottawa youth have unhealthy eating behaviours, with only 60 per cent of Grade 7 to 12 students reporting that they ate breakfast on all five of the previous school days. Ottawa data also show that most students are regularly consuming sugar-sweetened beverages with approximately one in 10 reporting that they consumed one or more sugar-sweetened beverages per day in the past week.
"This event highlights the important work of OPH’s Healthy Eating Active Living strategy and OPH’s partnership with schools," said Councillor Shad Qadri, Chair of the Ottawa Board of Health. “School Age Health Team nurses visit more than 360 schools throughout the city to support the health curriculum, including making healthy eating the easy, affordable and delicious choice.”
“Learning how to make healthy food helps students to to make sound choices when it comes to healthy eating for years to come,” said Christopher Mes, principal of Immaculata High School.
For more information about healthy eating, visit OttawaPublicHealth.ca. You can also follow OPH on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.
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The Ottawa Public Health (OPH) Ultimate Lunch Cook-off was organized for Food Revolution Day, an annual campaign led by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. Every year, the day aims to raise awareness around better food education and real food. Canadian research shows that people are buying more processed, pre-prepared and convenience foods and fewer parents are cooking ‘”from scratch” or passing on food preparation skills to their children.
“Food Revolution Day is a great opportunity for children and youth in Ottawa to roll up their sleeves and practice cooking from scratch to learn how to make healthy meals for themselves,” said Mayor Watson. “Educators and parents play an important role by teaching youth about the importance of making good food choices and embracing a healthy, active lifestyle.”
Healthy eating contributes to quality of life, healthy weights and the prevention of several chronic diseases. A large number of Ottawa youth have unhealthy eating behaviours, with only 60 per cent of Grade 7 to 12 students reporting that they ate breakfast on all five of the previous school days. Ottawa data also show that most students are regularly consuming sugar-sweetened beverages with approximately one in 10 reporting that they consumed one or more sugar-sweetened beverages per day in the past week.
"This event highlights the important work of OPH’s Healthy Eating Active Living strategy and OPH’s partnership with schools," said Councillor Shad Qadri, Chair of the Ottawa Board of Health. “School Age Health Team nurses visit more than 360 schools throughout the city to support the health curriculum, including making healthy eating the easy, affordable and delicious choice.”
“Learning how to make healthy food helps students to to make sound choices when it comes to healthy eating for years to come,” said Christopher Mes, principal of Immaculata High School.
For more information about healthy eating, visit OttawaPublicHealth.ca. You can also follow OPH on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.
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