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Health > Youth > Healthy Lifestyles > Nutrition

Information for youth on healthy eating and nutrition.


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Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating

Links to Canada's Food Guide, published by Health Canada.
Source:     Health Canada

Getting Started: First Steps in Improving Nutrition in Your School - Ottawa

Everyone wants his or her school environment to be safe and to promote healthy eating. When people get together to improve students' eating habits, sometimes the things that really need to change are overlooked. This document is a step-by-step guide to setting goals and priorities as you work to improve nutrition in your school.
Source:     City of Ottawa

Healthy Lunches to Go Tour!

Imagine packed lunches that are healthy, delicious and easy to make - that even your kids will eat! Take the Canadian Health Network's (CHN) online Healthy Lunches To Go Tour. The tour includes a healthy lunch checklist, nutrition information, how to read food labels, tips, and links to resources from the Dietitians of Canada, the CHN's expert source of information on healthy eating.
Source:     Canadian Health Network

Lunch Matters for Students

Between grade one and the end of high school, a student may eat more than 2,400 lunches at school! Creating tasty, nutritious school lunches is a challenge....read more
Source:     Canadian Health Network

The School Nutrition Report Card - Ottawa

The School Nutrition Report Card is a tool that will help you assess how well your school encourages healthy eating. It may help you explore new ways of promoting better health in your school. The answers you give in the report card will give you an idea of what may need to be improved in your school.
Source:     City of Ottawa

The Vegetarian Teen - Ottawa

Vegetarians need to include foods from the four food groups of Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating every day to get the nutrients their bodies need. Read on!
Source:     City of Ottawa

Virtual Community

Virtual Community is a projet from Dietitians of Canada for the French community. Information available in French only.
Source:     Dietitians of Canada

It's Your Health - Caffeine

Caffeine in its natural and added forms is found in a growing list of products including coffee, tea, cola beverages, new "energy" drinks, chocolate and even some medicines. The increasing presence of caffeine in our lives raises the question of how much is too much for the average consumer.
Source:     Health Canada

**See Also : Healthy Lifestyles > Nutrition

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Source:     Canada Health Portal