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Hitchhiker
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 Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:57 pm "Drop the Pop" campaign in Nunavut |
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| CBC.ca wrote: | C B C . C A N e w s - F u l l S t o r y :
'Say no to pop,' Nunavut residents told
Last Updated Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:44:18 EDT
CBC News
IQALUIT - Health officials in Nunavut are calling on residents to "Drop the Pop" this week in an effort to raise awareness about tooth decay, obesity and diabetes in the northern territory.
The five-day anti-soft drink campaign kicks off Monday, aimed at both students and adults in Nunavut's population of 27,000.
Ainiak Korgak, the manager of health promotion with Nunavut's health department, says Inuit have increasingly been choosing soft drinks and other processed foods over traditional diets, and over healthier imported items such as milk and juice.
"A community will run out of pop and they'll charter a plane to bring pop, so that tells you how much people love their pop," he said.
A Coca-Cola manufacturing plant that opened its doors in Iqaluit a decade ago produces up to 4,000 two-litre bottles and 20,000 smaller bottles a day, just to quench the territory's thirst.
Diabetes isn't yet a serious problem in Nunavut, but obesity rates are rising and tooth decay is a big concern.
By this fall, more than 750 infants in the territory will have had some or all of their teeth pulled out.
Amy Caughey, a nutritionist with the Nunavut government, blames the nine to 12 teaspoons of sugar in each bottle of soft drink and the fact that some parents start giving their children soft drink while they're still babies.
"If babies have pop in a bottle, or younger children are getting a lot of pop, they're not getting the things that they need to grow and it can be quite harmful," she said.
Schools, grocery stores and other businesses are taking part in the "Drop the Pop" project.
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That's um . . . quite . . . interesting.  Obviously a health concern, since Canada's children are the 4th most obese in the industrialized world, but certainly not the most usual news story.
Keep in mind that Nunavut's population is less than 30 000 so it's population density is very small (0.01/km^2). When they say "charter a plane to bring in pop," they really mean it--some communities are so isolated that the only way in or out is to go by charter plane.
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LightningBoy
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| Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:29 pm |
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Diet Pop is so much better for you.
The only bad thing in Diet Pop is the acid on your teeth.
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