Healthy Living Resources

Physical Activity

Publications:

Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living(PDF)
Canada's Physical Activity Guide for Children
Canada's Physical Activity Guide for Youth
Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living for Older Adults

Reports:

The Cost of Physical Inactivity in British Columbia (PDF)

Links:

Active Communities
British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association

Healthy Eating

Publications:

Baby’s Best Chance: Parents' Handbook of Pregnancy and Baby Care

Toddler’s First Steps

Food Flair

Healthy Choices in the Recreation Setting: Toolkit

ActNow BC Healthy Recipes
Healthy Eating for Seniors

Baby's First Foods

Feeding Your Toddler with Love and Good Food (PDF)
Healthy Eating: Cheap and Easy (PDF)
Quick Reference for Healthier Food Choices (PDF)
Senior Chef: Cooking for One or Two (PDF)
ActNow BC Healthy Recipes (PDF)
Eating Well With Canada's Food Guide
Eat Smart Meet Smart

Links:

Dietitian Services @ Healthlink BC

Eat Together
Healthy Eating and Food Security

Healthy Schools

Publications:

Caffeine and the Student Body (PDF)
Dental Health: School Food and Beverage Sales (PDF)
Fat and Trans Fat: What Schools Need to Know (PDF)
Healthier Foods: How to Make Fun-Fast-Food Healthier for Students (PDF)
How Sweet It Is! What Schools Need to Know About Sugar and Artificial Sweeteners (PDF)
Tool for Stocking Healthy Foods in Schools (PDF)

Reports:

Guidelines for Food and Beverage Sales in B.C. Schools (PDF)
School Food Sales and Policies Provincial Report (PDF)

Links:

ActionSchools! BC
Active and Safe Routes to School
Eat Well, Play Well
Making It Happen: Healthy Eating at School
The Directorate of Agencies for School Health
Tips and Recipes for Quantity Cooking: Nourishing Minds and Bodies

Healthy Work Environments

Reports:

Evaluation Report for B.C. Ministry of Health Stairway to Health Initiative (PDF)

Links:

Healthy Work Environments
Business Case for Active Living at Work (Public Health Agency of Canada)
Canada's Healthy Workplace Month
National Quality Institute

Healthy Pregnancies

Publications:

Canada’s Food Guide – Advice for Women of Childbearing Age

Baby’s Best Chance: Parents' Handbook of Pregnancy and Baby Care

Healthy Eating: Choose Fish Low in Mercury

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Strategic Plan for British Columbia

Reports:

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Strategic Plan for British Columbia (PDF)

Healthy Weight

Reports:

Cost of Obesity in British Columbia (PDF)

Tobacco

Reports:

Targeting Our Efforts: B.C.'s Tobacco Control Strateyg (PDF)
An Aboriginal Tobacco Strategy for British Columbia (PDF)

Links:

Quitnow.ca
Quitters Unite
Tobacco Control Program
Health Canada's First Nations and Inuit Health Tobacco Program
Tobaccofreeschools.ca - Teens Against Tobacco
Health Canada: Tobacco Use


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