Bake it up! Tasty treats for healthier school snacks
This is a handout that will be used when baking baked goods that are to be sold in schools. It complies with the Ministry of Education’s School Food and Beverage Policy.
Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines 5-11 y/o
1 page of guidelines to help minimize amount of time spent being sedentary for children aged 5-11.
Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines 12-17 y/o
1 page of guidelines to help minimize amount of time spent being sedentary for children aged 12-17.
Guidelines for eating well for Canadians. Printable version.
A Practical and User Friendly Guide – tips to plan and prepare healthy meals and snacks for children
Handout with tips and ideas to help parents prepare healthy breakfasts, lunches and snacks for their children.
Healthy Kids Quest- A balanced diet educational tool
A resource for teachers, this handout outlines an activity teachers will do with their students to teach them about the different food groups as outlined in Canada's Food Guide. This will inform the students on what a balanced lunch box is.
Healthy Kids Quest – a healthy snacks educational tool
A resource for teachers, this handout outlines an activity teachers will do with their students to teach them about the importance of eating healthy snacks and examples of what healthy snacks are.
Healthy Kids Quest – introduction
A resource for teachers, this handout introduces the Healthy Kids Quest: a flexible program designed for grades 1-3 that aims to encourage, educate and empower children in regards to healthy lifestyles.
Healthy Kids Quest – a physical activity educational tool
A handout for teachers, this handout is designed to educate children of what are sedentary activities, and moderate to vigorous physical activities. It also promotes the idea that every activity counts towards their recommended 60 minutes of physical activity per day.
Healthy Kids Quest – being healthy
A handout for teachers, this educational tool is intended to help teachers educate their students on what constitutes a healthy lifestyle.
Healthy Kids Quest – vegetables and fruit
A handout for teachers, this educational tool is intended to help teachers educate students about the fruit and vegetable food group of the Canada's Food Guide, as well as reiterate the importance of fruit and vegetable consumption.
A handout for teachers, this educational tool is intended to help teachers educate students about the importance of consuming adequate amounts of water, and why water is the best option when they're thirsty.
Healthy Kids Quest – whole grains
A handout for teachers, this educational tool is intended to help teachers educate students about the importance of consuming adequate amounts of whole grain products, as well as what they are in comparison non-whole grain products.
A resource that provides guides based on current information on feeding young children, practical tips and concrete meal and snack ideas to help children adopt healthy eating habits
Luncha - Licious School Days- Fun Health Lunch for Children
8 paged resource for parents include child friendly ideas with checklist examples as a guide to make sure your childs lunch includes foods from each of the four food groups provided on the Canadian Food Guide.
Overweight, Obesity, Heart Disease and Stroke
This resource shows the correlation between obesity, heart disease and stroke. It shows how to measure overweight/obesity. It also gives recommendation on how to reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke.
Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines - For Children 5-11
This resource provides guidelines for physical activity for children aged 5-11 years old. it also shows the health benefit of phyical activity in children aged 5-11 old.
Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines - For Youth 12 - 17
This resource provides guidelines for physical activity for youth aged 12-17 years old. It also shows the health benefit of phyical acticity in children aged 12-17 old.
Physical Activity, Heart Disease and stroke
This resource shows facts related to heart diseases and stroke in Canada. It outlines the causes of heart disease and stroke, and also provides recommendation for parents, provinicial and federal government
Policy (711) on Health Foods and Nutrition in Public Schools
This policy shows the minimum requirement for healthy foods in New Brunswick's public schools by setting standards for healthy food awareness food options avaliable in schools and sale of food in and through the public school system
Eat Well and be Active - for 9-13 year olds
This parent handout incorporates healthy eating into an interative boardgame,The feast with King and Queen. There are obstacles standing in your way. Can you eat well and be phyiscally active for 3 days to help you get to the castle.
This resource shows the benefits of healthy nutrition in our schools. It gives recommendation to parents, guardians, and teachers, the governemnt, on how to promote health and reduce the risk of heart diseases
This resource shows the benefits of phyical activity in schools. It gives recommendation to parents, guardians, and teachers, the governemnt, on how to promote health and reduce the risk of heart diseases
Sugar, Heart, Heart disease and stroke
This resource shows added sugar as one of the leading causes of obesity, heart dieases, and stroke in canada. It also gives recommentation to candadians and governement on how to promote health and reduce risk of heart disease
The Plate Mate - a tasy guide to healthy eating
How to use the Canada's Food Guide and some physical activity recommendations.
Vegetable Fruits comsumption and heart disease and stroke.
This resource shows the health benefit of eating vegetable and fruits as recommended by the Canadian Food Guide.