Obesity in Canada
tripled in 30 years.
Eight million affected.
The federal government
develops an online tool
to promote healthy eating and
encourage physical activity.
The Ontario government
introduces the Healthy Menu Choices Act
so we can know the calories
when ordering food.
And in the City of Ottawa
– in Bells Corners –
the Mayor and the Councillor
help secure a 10-year grant
to allow the return of
KFC.
(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday)
