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RESOURCES FOR SCHOOL STAFF AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS:
HEALTHY EATING & NUTRITION: GENERAL INFORMATION
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Blast Off with Breakfast |
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Kellogg's Canada Inc. |
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This information sheet outlines the benefits of breakfast and
what to eat in order to have a nutritional breakfast. |
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Canadian Food Guide |
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Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion,
Health Canada |
English/French
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This website of the Canadian Food Guide provides the
recommended food intake for the four main food groups. |
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Canadian Nutrition File |
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Nutrition Research Division,
Sir Frederick G. Banting Research Centre |
English/French
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Search through the Food Composition Database and find the
nutrient value of foods you eat. |
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Canadians Food Guide to Healthy Eating: Focus on Children Six to Twelve |
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Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion,
Health Canada |
English/French
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This booklet assists caregivers to help children learn about
healthy living, develop the decision-making skills they need
to make healthy food choices, and create situations that make
healthy food choices easier. |
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Cultural Adaptations to Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating |
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Ontario Public Health Association |
English/French
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This site links to seven different Cultural Adaptations of
Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating. The adaptations are
available for use with the Chinese, Portuguese, Vietnamese,
Tamil, Urdu, Punjabi, and Spanish speaking communities. Each
of the adaptations is available in English, French and in the
specified language. Each guide features culturally specific
foods and full colour illustrations. |
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Eat Tracker |
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Dietitians of Canada |
English/French
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EATracker lets you track your day’s food and activity choices
and compares them to the guidelines laid out by Health Canada. |
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Eat Well Live Well |
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Dietitians of Canada |
English/French
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This website is designed to help you check out your food
choices, activity patterns, and healthy weight, as well as
providing healthy eating tips and resources. |
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Feeding your vegetarian child |
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Canadian Paediatric Society |
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This site has advice on how to ensure that your child meets
their nutritional requirements on a vegetarian diet. |
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Healthy Eating for Children 6-12 |
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The Regional Municipality of Niagara |
English/French
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This web link provides helpful information and fact sheets
about the importance of healthy eating for children's growth
and development. |
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Healthy Eating for Young Athletes |
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Heart Health & Cancer Prevention Program
Waterloo Region Community Health Department
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English
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This handout provides information on the kinds of food and
timing of meals that can help young athletes improve their
performance. |
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Healthy Eating Quiz |
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County of Lambton Community Health Services |
English
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This quiz will test your knowledge about Canadian’s Food Guide
For Healthy Eating. |
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How Media Affects Children's Eating |
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Public Health Nutritionist Dietitians in Ontario |
English
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Food advertising and marketing play a big role in the way
children and youth eat. This handout discusses how parents and
caregivers can
help. |
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Nunavut Food Guide |
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Health & Social Services, Government of Nunavut |
English/Inuinnaqtun/Inuktitut
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The guide lists nutritious foods that are essential for strong
muscles, bones and teeth, and those that provide energy and
help fight infections. It’s patterned after the Canada food
guide but with an interesting twist: fish-head soup, bannock,
muktuk and mountain sorel are added to the list. |
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Nutrition Labelling Education Centre |
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Canadian Diabetes Association |
English/French
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This site helps consumers make healthy food choices
through better use of the nutrition information on the label
of foods. |
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The Amazing Little Cookbook |
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Alberta
Health and Wellness |
English
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This guide has a list of fun, simple recipes you can cook with
your child. |
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Virtual Kitchen |
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Canadian Diabetes Association |
English/French
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This website is a virtual interactive kitchen which reveals interesting
nutrition facts about food. |
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NATS |
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Nutrition Analysis Tools and System |
English
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This site includes information about the foods we eat,
including an energy calculator which calculates your energy
consuption. |
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Nutrition Cafe |
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Pacific Science Center and the Washington
State Dairy Council |
English
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This is a kid-centered website with nutrition games and
activities. |
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Portion Distortion Quiz |
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
English
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This site explains the changes in food portion size in the
last twenty years. |
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Promoting Lifelong Healthy Eating Among Young People |
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Division of Adolescent and School Health |
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This handout shows how parents or guardians, teachers, schools
administrators, food service staff members, and the community
can help youth learn how to adopt healthy eating habits. |
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The National School Fruit Scheme |
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Britain Department for Education and Employment |
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This is a report on the National Fruit Scheme Project
including an overview of general health issues, health issues
specific to children, the importance of fruit and vegetables
in children’s diets and the logistics of implementing the
program. The program entitled each school child, aged four to
six, to a free piece of fruit each school day. |
For more information about
Healthy Schools, please contact:
Healthy Schools
Phone: (204) 788-6679
Email: healthyschools@gov.mb.ca |
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