Health Protection and Promotion
 Health
Canada's health promotion and protection activities aim to
keep Canadians healthy.
Health promotion is concerned with helping individuals improve
their own health. It also looks at how changes to social, environmental
and economic conditions can enhance the health of communities and
individuals. Issues may include obesity, smoking, diabetes, physical
activity and stress.
Health protection works to prevent or minimize preventable illness
or injury. It is particularly concerned with risks to health over
which individuals have little or no control. This may include issues
such as radiation, vehicle safety, disease outbreaks, water quality
or genetically modified foods.
The following are examples of some of Health Canada's science
activities in health protection and promotion:
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