Growing Healthy Bodies: The development of a healthy body score-card for Canadian children and youth Part 2

This project represents the second step in the development of a “Healthy Body Scorecard” which will allow for more
comprehensive and holistic approach to measurement and classification of health in children. This particular
project will involve a questionnaire study designed to obtain expert opinion on the development of the scorecard
as well as a focus group of experts to further guide the development of the scorecard. This project as a whole
will be of significant benefit to the Sandbox Project and McDonalds Restaurants of Canada, the industry partner
for this research. The Sandbox Project is a not for profit organization that is designed to improve the health of
Canadian children. The Sandbox Project brings together industry partners, government, academics, policy
makers and community members. The industrial partners involved include leading companies such as
McDonalds Canada, Telus, Microsoft, General Mills among others. This project directly addresses the stated
goals of the Growing Healthy Bodies group within the Sandbox…TOBECONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Amy McPherson

Student:

Partner:

McDonalds Restaurants of Canada Ltd

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Retail trade

University:

University of Toronto

Program: