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PAGE 4 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, MARCH 21,2001 Seminar helps make sense of the food you eat The Durham Region Health Department Department is promoting healthy eating eating at an upcoming seminar to mark national nutrition month. The interactive seminar, 'Make sense of the food you eat... Link to dietitians.ca', is being presented Saturday, March 24 in conjunction with the Durham Region Dietitians and Home Economists Network (DRDHEN). "Using an interactive and fun presentation, well-known dietitian and author, Lois Ferguson, will be at the event to provide information and dispel several nutrition myths," said Dianne Elliott, a public health nutritionist with the Durham Region Region Health Department and member member of DRDHEN. "Participants will be able to try out the interactive Dietitians Dietitians of Canada Web site... view displays, enter a contest, win cookbooks cookbooks and gift baskets, enjoy special special treats and discuss healthy .eating..." .eating..." The health department reports the event corresponds to this year's nutrition month theme to provide people across Canada with accurate nutrition information by dispelling nutrition myths. "Misinformation, myths and conflicting nutrition messages can result in confusion about nutrition," Ms. Elliott said. "This year's theme recognizes dietitians as reliable nutrition nutrition experts who can help people make sense of the vast nutrition information information jungle." \ The seminar takes place from moon to 2 p.m. at Five Points Mall, -285 Taunton Rd. E., Oshawa. r A number of Durham businesses !;are sponsoring the event, r For more information on nutrition nutrition month activities in Durham, rcall the Durham Region Health Department Department at 723-8521 or 1-800-841- -2729 or visit the Region's Web site i-at www.region.durham.on.ca or the ÿLakeridge Health Web site at jiwww.lakeridgehealth.on.ca. Welfare stats up for second straight month January, February numbers follow years of declining welfare rolls After years of witnessing the welfare welfare rolls decline in Durham, the Region Region saw an increase in the number of people receiving social assistance here for the second month in a row in February. Paul Cloutier, head of the Re gion's income support division, reports reports the number of welfare recipients recipients was "up slightly" in February after increasing by 2.7 per cent in January, the first increase in years. "It's up just a handful," he said, noting the February increase is only about one per cent over January. A report from the income support division for the month of February states 15,497 people were in receipt of social assistance, up from 15,675 people in January. The welfare rolls here have been steadily declining for a number of years now, Mr. Cloutier said, noting "we'll (have to wait to) see if (the increases increases in the past two months) ultimately ultimately mean something this year." Meanwhile, despite the increase in Durham, the Province's welfare rolls declined again last month after increasing in January for the first time in years. Community and Social Services Minister John Baird announced March 13 that 4,468 people stopped relying on welfare in February. "It is encouraging whenever you see welfare rolls go down in Febru ary, because it can be a slower time of the year," the minister said. "That's why a decline in February is particularly encouraging. It shows our welfare reforms are helping people people move from welfare to work." The ministry reports 33,842 people people left the welfare system and 29,347 people came onto the system. "Welfare should be a safety net, not a permanent trap," Mr. Baird said. 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