On Monday November 1st 2010, Dr. Thom Evans, Dr. Kindal Robertson and the Staff of the Evans Centre for Dental Health and Wellness, will be hosting their 3rd Annual Halloween Candy Buy-Back.
Last year’s event saw more than 150 kids from the community and local schools bring in a whopping 900 pound mountain of Halloween Candy during the 3 hour event. ( http://evansdentalhealth.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&ca...tid=20&Itemid=51 )
Again this year, The Evans Centre will pay your ghouls and goblins a loonie and an entry for an Ipod Nano for every pound of candy they bring in, plus each Trick-or-Treater will receive a Free Firefly LED Toothbrush. Attend on the Monday after Halloween and you might win one of many great prizes being contributed by our excellent health and family focused sponsors!
We are a health-centered office and we worry about the effects of this much sugar on our clients. Saturating in sweets for days and even weeks after Halloween is not helpful for teeth or for growing bodies.
The annual consumption of sugar has accelerated for the past century to a yearly 44.2 kg per capita in Canada in 2005. More alarming is the increased consumption of High Fructose Corn Syrup which we believe is much more harmful to health and is the sweetener used in nearly all Halloween Candy.
At a time when our community is still concerned about strengthening their immune responses to such health threats as H1N1 and Seasonal Flu, eliminating 900 lbs of candy from the diets of our children is the right thing to do.
If the collected candy is unhealthy for our clients and families, it can not be good for others. So we destroy the candy instead of pass the problem onto other kids. There are alternatives to excessive amounts of candy.
Trick-or-Treating is great fun and is truly a community event worth participating in. The Candy Buy Back is an ideal way to wrap up Halloween without saturating in excessive sugar for days. Start a healthy tradition this Halloween. See you there!
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