Sign up for a FREE, one hour, live, webcast hosted by the Nutrition Resource Centre. Join me to learn more about the challenges you may encounter while implementing the revised restaurant nutrition standards. Participate in an online, live, question and answer period, where you'll get a chance to discuss the outcomes of this webcast or ask your own implementation questions. Please note: although this presentation is regarding the revised restaurant standards all are welcome to participate as some of the issues discussed may be applicable to other Eat Smart! settings.

The presentation will begin with Samara Foisy, Program Coordinator for Eat Smart! She will discuss the revised restaurant nutrition standards from a provincial perspective, by providing the background and rationale behind key implementation issues that have arisen in the field.

Learn:

• How to apply and interpret the whole grain standard
• How to award restaurants that only serve pizza, subs and/or sandwiches
• Future directions for the Eat Smart! program

Our guest speaker, Lesley Scharf, will follow. Lesley is new to Eat Smart! this year, bringing a fresh pair of eyes to the program, process and implementation of the nutrition standards. Using a provocative sample she will take you through her experience, highlighting the strengths and issues, which arose from the restaurants, the health unit and her own observations.

In this session learn more about:

The Ottawa Experience

• Process/Statistics
• Strengths/Weaknesses

The Nutrition Standard

• Implementation strengths and issues
• Provocative example
• General recommendations