Ban on pop sales on Sask. First Nations schools advocated – Starphoenix

April 27, 2018

Carlin Nordstrom wants Indigenous communities to ban pop from their schools.

“It’s an epidemic on, I would say, 90 per cent of Indigenous communities,” says Nordstrom, the owner of Kisik Sports, Health and Wellness. Nordstrom gives motivational talks in Indigenous schools in Saskatchewan and Alberta, where he’s witnessed shockingly high sugar consumption.

“The key, besides the kids, is to educate the parents.”

Nordstrom has an eye-opening example he shows students and parents: A large freezer bag half full of sugar. It’s the equivalent of the sugar in two bottles of pop per day over one week, which, he said, is a low sugar consumption level in many communities.

“I’m telling them, you can start to do something, and we’ll take steps, or the status quo is (that) your kids are going to have a lot of health problems going forward,” said Nordstrom.

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