Links
Need more information about Healthy Eating?
Click on 'Health Topics' and choose 'Healthy Living & Safety/Nutrition' for information, resources, fact sheets and programs/services offered by the Health Unit.
British Columbia Diary Foundation & Act Now BC
Part of British Columbia's Healthy Living Initiative, this site provides a wealth of resources for schools in that province who are ready to 'Take Action on Healthy Eating'.
CLick on 'Eat Well, Live Well' to find excellent interactive Healthy Eating Tools and suggestions for planning Nutrition Month activities.
Comprehensive, on-line site providing quality information and tools that will support a school community in addressing healthy eating.
National Eating Disorder Information Centre
An organization that provides information and resources on eating disorders, as well as food and weight preoccupation.
Ontario Society of Nutrition Professional in Public Health
Access an on-line copy of the 'Call to Action: Creating a Healthy Scholl Nutrition Environment' (2004).
Interested in learning more about Healthy Schools?
Canadian School Health Network
A gateway to information on comprehensive school health and health promoting schools. Provides links to research, reports, how-to-manuals, planning and assessment tools and student webquests.
Click on 'Publications' to access current and past issues of 'Health & Learning' magazine, an excellent resource on the connections and inter-relationships between learning and health.
Comprehensive School Health - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Designed for prospective teachers to help them become more aware of comprehensive school health and how to create partnerships for health.
Joint Consortium for School Health
Find information on the work being done by Canada's governments on school-based and school-linked health promotion.
Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition
Coalition of health, education, student and parent organizations. Responsible for the promotion of healhty schools in Ontario, including the development of the Foundations for a Healthy School.
Ontario Ministry of Education: Healthy Schools
The government is working in partnership with students, parents, teachers, principals and other community partners to make schools healthier places to learna nd grow. Site gives further information about Foundations for a Healthy School, along with examples of school success stories.
Ontario Physical and Health Education Association (OPHEA)
OPHEA is led by a vision that all kids will value, participate in and make a lifelong commitment to active, healthy living. Click here to learn more about about OPHEA's approach to building healthy schools.
Physical and Health Education Canada
Previously known as CAHPERD. Promtes Quality School Health as a comprehensive approach to build healthy learning environments where all children and youth are supported by their school community to make healthy lifestyle choices.
Voices and Choices - Health Canada
Do-it-yourself, on-line planning tool for school communities in Canada.