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Take advantage of your milk machine's capability to stock healthy snacks such as yogurt or veggie sticks.

General

Dietitian Services at HealthLink BC (formerly Dial-A-Dietitian)

Their website includes information on healthy eating at school.

Dietitians of Canada Resources and tools including the popular EATracker which will help you track your eating and activity.

Recipe Analyzer

Use this tool to find out the nutrients in your favourite recipes. You will also find ingredient substitution tips to help make your recipes healthier (e.g. lower in calories, fat, sugar or salt).

Health Canada

Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide

Artificial Sweeteners

Health Canada also has an excellent response to internet rumours about aspartame at this link

Workplace

Healthier Choices in Vending Machines in BC Public Buildings

The Complete Policy Paper includes the nutrition criteria and an appendix that shows which buildings in BC must comply with the vending policy.

Act Now BC – Healthy Workplaces

Schools

BC Guidelines for Food and Beverage Sales in BC Schools

This website has the Guidelines document which includes the nutrition criteria for rating products for schools. You’ll also find fact sheets on caffeine, sweeteners, etc including a very helpful “Healthier Foods” fact sheet.

Healthy Eating at School

A plethora of helpful tips and videos to help you support a healthier food environment at your school.

Healthy Fundraising for Schools

School Health Sites

  • DASH – Directorate of Agencies for School Health, BC site
  • BC Healthy Schools Network
  • (be sure to check out their newsletters)

School Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program in BC

Action Schools! BC Is your school an Action School?

Act Now BC – Healthy Schools

Marketing of Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages to Children

World Health Organization forum, May 2006

School Food Services

  • Canadian Food and Restaurant Association – How to Reduce or Eliminate Trans Fat in Menu Items
  • Chef Ann, Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children
  • Trans Fat Help

    This website, created by the BC Government and Heart and Stroke Foundation, helps support the food industry in restricting industrially produced trans fat.