A Senate Committee says more needs to be done to combat Canada's obesity epidemic.
They made a total of 21 recommendations to the federal government, including overhauling the Canada food guide.
Parkland Healthy Child Coalition Chair David Bosiak says an updated food guide needs to teach kids about the difference between the foods that are good and bad in each category.
"A lot of times, when you ask a kid what's a cereal or grain, they'll say Froot Loops or Corn Flakes, when, no, it's wheat and barley and quinoa and lentils, but we're not being programmed to think that way."
Bosiak also believes nutritional labels need to better reflect the entire product.
"You look at a bottle of Gatorade, and it'll say on the nutritional label, it'll say 120 calories per serving. You'll assume the serving size is the bottle, but it's not! There's probably two and a little bit servings in the 710ml bottle of Gatorade."
One of the other recommendations made includes a tax on sugary beverages, and Bosiak believes if revenues go to obesity prevention causes, it could prove to be beneficial.
He thinks, however, that a ban on advertising food and drinks to children is a good idea in theory, but likely would succumb to pressure from political and business groups.
