New Canada Food Guide 2019
The new Canada Food Guide released in January 2019 uses a plate image, half filled with fruit and vegetables, one quarter with protein foods, and one quarter with whole-grain foods, alongside a glass of water, with the recommendation to “make water your drink of choice”. The guide stresses that “healthy eating is more than the foods you eat”, recommending mindful eating, cooking from scratch, taking time to enjoy food and eat in company with others, limiting sodium, sugars and saturated fat, using food information labels on packaged food, and being aware of food marketing.
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Running While Pregnant
A post on the SportMedBC website on the topic of running while pregnant recommends other forms of exercise for expectant mothers who have not run regularly prior to pregnancy, but states that regular runners “usually find that they can run long into their pregnancy” as part of their prenatal fitness program.
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Baby Weight Charts Overlook Ethnicity
A 2013 UBC study has found that healthy birth weights vary among ethnicities, and that common baby weight charts which are based on infants born to Caucasian parents lead to misclassification of some Chinese and South Asian babies as small for gestational age.
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First Call BC: Why Poor Kids Can’t Play Sports
First Call BC has posted the poll results commissioned by CIBC and KidSport Canada that found that one-third of respondents indicated that their kids do not participate in organized sports due to cost.
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Let’s Talk with Canoe and Feather: 30 Mealtime Conversation Starter Cards from Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council and Vancouver Island Health Authority
Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council and Vancouver Island Health Authority have co-produced a set of 30 printable cards for parents to help encourage conversation at mealtimes.
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Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis and Care in Children Under 5
Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers with Diabetes is an online resource sheet from The Hospital for Sick Children that provides encouragement and practical advice for parents managing Type 1 Diabetes in very young children.
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Physical Activity and Nutrition Program Subsidy Incentive from Healthy Families BC
Healthy Families BC is offering a one-time subsidy of up to $50 towards a physical activity or nutrition program for 50,000 participating patients who have received a Personal Health Risk Assessment from their physician.
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Canada gets D- in annual active kids report
Canada received a grade of D- in the 10th Anniversary Edition (2014) of the Active Healthy Kids Canada report card on physical activity for children and youth in 15 countries.
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Healthy Recipes and Competition Day Meal Planning from Special Olympics
Special Olympics BC, in collaboration with Action Schools! BC, has produced the Special Olympics: Healthy Living for Families booklet with nutrition information, recipes and guidelines for planning meals on competition days.
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Traditional Aboriginal Diets, a new publication from the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
The newly released Traditional Aboriginal Diets and Health from the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health explores the value of traditional diet sources in countering risk factors for chronic disease amongst Aboriginal peoples.
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Healthy Built Environment Linkages Toolkit
How can local governments link planning principles to health outcomes? Read the new Healthy Built Environment Linkages Toolkit, developed by the PHSA Population and Public Health team in partnership with the Healthy Built Environment (HBE) Alliance.
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Nature Preschool Outdoor-based Childcare Program in Richmond
Nature Preschool, Richmond’s first outdoor-based childcare program, will open this fall at Terra Nova Rural Park.
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BC Dairy Association “Little Food Explorers” Workshop: Learn to provide food experiences for children ages 3 – 5
At the Little Food Explorers (Ages 3-5 kids) workshop, participants learn how to help preschool children become familiar with a wide variety of foods. The workshop is available free of charge.
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The Cost of Eating in BC – Food security is not improving in BC
The “Cost of Eating” report by The Dieticians of Canada provides best practices and recommendations for reducing hunger and poverty.
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Food Skills for Families Program promotes healthy eating and cooking
Food Skills for Families is a hands-on curriculum based program that makes healthy eating, shopping and cooking easy, quick and fun.
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Kelty Mental Health Pinwheel Education Series: Nutrition and Mental Health
As part of Kelty Mental Health’s Pinwheel Education Series, this recording on Nutrition and Mental Health includes a panel discussion of strategies parents, children and youth can use to promote good nutrition.
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Zonein.ca – A Wealth of Information on Children and Technology
Check out Zonein.ca for a wide range of information on children and technology from a team of pediatric occupation therapists with expert knowledge in the field of technology’s impact on child development.
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BC Healthy Living Alliance Webinar: Food Security and Social Housing
In their Dec 5th webinar, Food Security and Social Housing, the BC Healthy Living Alliance looked at ways that food security is being and can be addressed in social housing.
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Working with Grocers to Support Healthy Eating
Report describes what can be done to support healthy eating in the food retail setting, including suggestions for program development, implementation, and evaluation.
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"Healthy Living…It’s in Everyone" Toolkit
A guide to healthy living for families who have a child or youth living with mental health challenges.
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