NATIONAL DIABETES STRATEGY

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NATIONAL DIABETES STRATEGY

• Closing in on a Decade

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ROOTS AND PROGRESS

• Key dates
• 1997 the pressure builds
• 1999 CDA A strategy emerges
• 2001 Montreal Symposium
• 2003 Winnipeg
• 2005 Commitment extends, budget confirms
• 2006

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LESSONS LEARNED

• Nothing is ever simple
• Stakeholder engagement is critical
• Diabetes must transcend political process
• Sometimes together is not better but
• ..none of us are as smart as all of us!

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NEW DIRECTIONS

• Guiding principles and a framework document to
  position moving forward
• Stakeholder consultation and involvement within
  evolving structure

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• WHY AN INTEGRATED APPROACH?

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Obesity Trends Among Canadian AdultsCCHS, 2003
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54
person)
Source P.T. Katzmarzyk, Unpublished Results.
Data from Statistics Canada. Health Indicators,
June, 2004.
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SEPARATE YET INTEGRATEDPrevention of common
risk factors through healthy eating active
living initiatives.
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If you only give people what they already want,
someone else will give them what they never
dreamed possible!