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Guarantee a healthy life is the third target listed in the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the purpose of this target is people can have a healthier lifestyle and increase life expectancy. Globally, around 70% of deaths were because of chronic diseases. Such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, which are caused by an unhealthy diet, smoking, lacking of exercise and drinking (Majid, 2018). According to the Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index (2019), America is 35th (Miller & Lu, 2019). Although the U.S. is a developed country and possesses advanced medical technology, Americans are still having a low health index, and obesity is one of the main problems. In order to improve the obesity problem in America, we can refer to some solutions from different countries to achieve the SDG target.
The Dance Centre will showcase online performances in the lead up to International Dance Day on April 29.
Many congratulations on your appointment in these fragile, unnerving pandemic times. As the NDP election platform and your mandate letter from the premier make clear, government policy on food banks is now your responsibility.
That means you have the opportunity and responsibility to reverse the province’s shocking embrace of U.S.-style food banks, which should be an embarrassment for Canada’s party of human rights and economic and social justice.
Especially as the dependence on food banks can only undermine B.C.’s legislated poverty reduction strategy.
How has the pandemic hurt the psyche of Canadians?
It’s a question that nagged at Michael Cooper since Canada’s first COVID-19 cases were identified. Sitting on a call with his colleagues at Mental Health Research Canada on March 10, Cooper discussed how the pandemic had the potential to upend the mental health of many, as evidenced by large-scale disruptive events that came before it, like the financial crisis of 2008 or the Fort McMurray fires of 2016.
“People were feeling anxious,” Cooper reflected on the general psyche of the time. “They were feeling nervous.”
It was a conversation that many elsewhere were having as well. From the Canadian Mental Health Association, to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, to big human resources companies like Morneau Shepell, major organizations knew that COVID-19 and the public health measures to combat it were going to hurt Canadians psychologically, whether the pandemic lasted two months or two years.