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Celebrating Innovations
Health Care Expo Celebrates Innovation in Ontario
Innovations in Health Promotion :
A Fresh Approach to Health Promotion
St. Mary’s General Hospital
Waterloo Wellington LHIN
This past summer, St. Mary’s General Hospital found a unique way to make healthy living messages more compelling for its community, patients and medical staff.
As part of a healthy lifestyles promotion, the hospital hosted a community market that featured fresh fruits and vegetables from local farmers. The market quickly became a community connection point and helped reinforce heart-healthy, planet friendly habits, such as buying locally, and encouraging walking, biking as alternative forms of transport.
Best of all, 64% of regular market customers indicated they were eating more fruits and vegetables as a direct result of the St. Mary’s market.
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