A Canadian politician who as federal Minister of National Health and Welfare issued the 1974 report A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians, widely credited as the first major government document to argue formally that lifestyle and environment, not only medical care, determine population health, a framing that shaped health promotion policy internationally.
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Notable ForThe 1974 Lalonde Report, an early government health promotion framework 2 Connections
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.- Birth Year: 1929
- Nationality: Canadian
View the Source 2. World Health Organization Official Site
World Health Organization- Notable For: The 1974 Lalonde Report, an early government health promotion framework
View the Source 3. Marc Lalonde (Wikipedia)
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was a Canadian politician who served as a cabinet minister
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