Parents and Childcare Providers
Healthy Eating for a Healthy Baby Are you pregnant or hoping to become pregnant? Making healthy choices is even more important now. To stay feeling good, eat well and stay active. (Français)
Is My Child Growing Well? - Questions and Answers for Parents. (Français)
Babies
Caring for Kids
Published by the Canadian Paediatric Society this website includes nutrition, health and parenting articles and information (Français)
6 Month to One Year
Feeding your baby from 6 month to one year – A guide to help you introduce food to your baby. (French coming soon)
Preparing Baby Food
A great step by step picture guide to making baby food from Ottawa Public Health (Français)
Toddlers
Eat Right be Active for Toddlers
A guide for parents and caregivers of toddlers ages 12 to 36 months provides practical information and tips on how much food to offer, sample menu plans, answers to common feeding challenges, daily activity needs of toddlers and why active play is important. (Français )
How to Feed Your Growing Child (2 to 5 years old)
A pamphlet that provides information on feeding children ages 2-5 years . (Français)
Preschoolers
Eat Right Be Active for Preschoolers
A guide for parents and caregivers of preschoolers ages 3 to 5 complements the BusyBodies activity card set. Topics covered include: how much food to offer; suggested ideas for breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner; feeding challenges; active living ideas to do together; and sample activities to build physical skills. (Français)
BusyBodies
Busy Bodies aims to help parents/caregivers bring healthy eating and physical activity to life with preschoolers, ages 3 to 5, by encouraging a variety of experiences presented in an easy-to-use “activity card”. (Français )
How to Build a Healthy Preschooler This educational resource is part of the NutriSTEP® (Nutrition Screening Tool for Every Preschooler) Program. It provides information on feeding children from age three to five. (Français )
Children
Eat Right be Active for Children
A guide for parents and caregivers of children ages 6 to 8 provides information and tips to support parents and caregivers to help ensure that children have access to environments that support healthy eating and physical activity at school and in the community as well as at home. (Français )
Fuel Up for Fun
The award winning Fuel Up For Fun aims to build awareness, positive attitudes and healthy behaviours among children 6-8 years old so they will eat right and be active with their families. (Français )
School Lunch Your Kids Will Munch (Français )
Blast off with Breakfast
Please contact the Health Unit if you would like a print copy of any of these resources (1-800-563-2808) |
