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Issues & Experts >  Issues & Experts Archive > Week of May 12 – 19, 2003

Week of May 12 – 19, 2003

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May 13, 2003
Eat less and live longer…That, says David MacLean, the director of SFU’s Institute for Health Research and Education, is one message in a new health study done by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and Health Canada. The study, unveiled last week, indicates 80 percent of Canadians have at least one risk factor for heart diseases; more than 10 percent have at least three risk factors. MacLean, a former family doctor and the creator of a Nova Scotia program aimed at controlling heart disease, can talk about how food marketing is among factors contributing to obesity. "The size of food portions is growing and is doing so as part of the marketing to get people to eat more. This leads to over consumption and appears to be more obvious in some countries than others, for example the United States," says MacLean.


Trading that cup of java…How do consumers feel about fair trade coffee? Most Vancouverites recently surveyed said they would buy the product if it were more readily available. Results of the SFU survey are being released in conjunction with the city’s second annual fair trade coffee week (May 11-17). Political scientist Anil Hira says his survey results show an enormous potential for the growth of fair trade coffee in the Vancouver market, and suggests retailers are not responding fast enough to consumer preferences. Fair trade certification means the coffee is produced in safe conditions and that the raw materials producer receives a fair wage. Hira can expand on his survey findings.



Two books to tuck under the arm…Two SFU earth scientists are unveiling books that people will want to have tucked under their arm on a tour of Vancouver and in preparation for the big one (the Lower Mainland’s anticipated earthquake). Peter Mustard has just co-authored Geology Tours of Vancouver’s Buildings and Monuments, an account of stone construction over the last 110 years in Vancouver. John Clague takes an unorthodox, issues-oriented approach to discussing one of the most feared natural calamities in BC — earthquakes. "For example, we talk about the importance of making wise land use decisions in an earthquake prone area, such as Vancouver," says Clague about Vancouver, City on the Edge, Living with a Dynamic Geological Landscape. Clague co-wrote the book, which will be unveiled, along with Mustard’s, at a major conference of geologists from May 25-28 at Vancouver’s Wall Centre.