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RESOURCES FOR YOUTH:
HEALTHY EATING & NUTRITION: GENERAL INFORMATION
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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 |
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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Cultural Adaptations to Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating |
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| Ontario Publich
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. |
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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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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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Teach Nutrition |
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| Dairy Farmers
of Ontario |
English
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This interactive game that focuses on nutrition topics. |
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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 the foods. |
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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 consumption. |
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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. |
For more information
about
Healthy Schools, please contact:
Healthy Schools
Phone: (204) 788-6679
Email: healthyschools@gov.mb.ca |
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