Curricula and instruction should address all aspects of nutrition and healthy eating as noted in our discussion of the prevalence and nature of this problem. This page lists a variety of resources related to curriculum, instruction and teaching/learning about nutrition.

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Children with Food Preferences: a fact sheet for early childhood educators but could also be used to support caregivers/parent's efforts: Saskatchewan Ministry of Education's Early Learning and Child Care Program (Sept. 08) http://www.learning.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=6de8ae7a-dcba-44f7-a440-f007102d9e3e.


HEALTH CANADA: Ready-to-Use presentation for educators on Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide - First Nations, Inuit and Métis
The presentation explains the messages found in the food guide, and
contains many attractive images, as well as a few interactive teaching
activities to help keep audiences engaged. The speaking notes are there to
assist the nutrition educator in delivering the presentation, as well as
provide more detailed information on this food guide. Available in both English and French:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/educ-comm/_fnim_pnim/ppt_e.html

For a list of some of the nutrition education programs available to students and teachers in BC see Nutrition Education Resources BC Ministry of Education's Integrated Resource Packages for Personal Planning K to 7 (1999), Health and Career Education 8 and 9 (2005) and Planning 10 (2004)
Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Learning Resource … For Grades 8, 9 and 10 classroom resources intended to support teachers to help students gain the knowledge and skills to support lifelong healthy habits in healthy eating and physical activity. The lesson plans meet the minimum mandated expectations of Health Career and Education in Grade eight and nine, as well as Planning Ten. Now available online at: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/health/health_publications.htm

Manitoba government through its Healthy Schools Program offers resources for school staff and other professionals on a variety of health issues including healthy eating and nutrition. See: http://www.gov.mb.ca/healthyschools/resources/schoolstaff/healthyeating/index.html



CASH and several other organizations have published a lesson plan gateway and student webquests on nutrition education.

The [Mission Nutrition] program from the Dietitains of Canada supports teachers with credible curriculum-based resources, easy-to-use lesson plans, and fun student activities. Freggie Tales (Bilingual): Provides children with the opportunity to learn about fruits and vegetables in a fun and exciting manner Virtual grocery store Canadian Diabetes Association The Teach Nutrition web site, published by the Dairy Farmers of Ontario has several nutrition education programs, each with several lesson plans, for teachers.
Discover Healthy Eating! A Teacher's Resource for Grades 1-8 (http://www.peelregion.ca/health/eating/htmfiles/healthy-eating.htm) Is an elementary school teacher targeted resource that supports the (ON) healthy eating component of the Healthy Living Strand in the Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8: Health and Physical Education (1998). It contains background information, glossaries, activities and handouts specific to each grade level. It was developed in cooperation with three southern ON Health Departments.

Virtual Kitchen The Dietitians of Canada have published a A virtual kitchen revealing interesting nutrition facts about the foods.

Healthy Eating Resources for Yukon Schools -, the Recreation and Parks Association for the Yukon is offering teachers healthy eating resources as well as training and support by a registered dietitian.

Teacher training workshops on a new healthy eating curriculum resource package Alberta Healthy Eating Resources for Teachers ; Amazing Little Cookbook for Kids and Moving Towards a Healthy U — a personal Logbook (a tool for parents and teachers).

The Menu of Choices Secondary School Resource was developed as part of an OPHEA Initiative. Two additional curriculum supplements for Ophea's School Nutrition Initiative Menu of Choices Secondary School Resource have been developed for Family Studies and Business Studies and are nowavailable for free download.

Discover Healthy Eatingis a Grade 1-8 curriculum support resource developed by Toronto Public Health, York Region Health Services and Region of Peel Health Department This curriculum support resource offers a choice of teaching activities that correspond to the Health and Physical Education Curriculum (1998).

Smiling Within: a curriculum linked resource created by local nutritionists and the Nutrition Education Resource Centre at Acadia University in Nova Scotia, is intended for teachers and peer educators working with students between grades primary to 6. This user-friendly guide allows teachers to introduce/supplement body image and healthy lifestyle information (i.e. healthy eating and physically active living) in class without additional searching for information and lesson planning.

Healthy Eating Alliance of PEI produces a list of curriculum resource and school-based materials and ideas to promote healthy eating in school.

The Student Body: a teacher training module designed to help alert teachers (and parents) to the factors that can trigger unhealthy dieting among children, and ways to prevent it.
www.aboutkidshealth.ca/thestudentbody.

From the Body Image Coalition of Peel (www.bodyimagecoalition.org): Every Body is a Somebody: Facilitator's Guide (or Bien dans TA peau in French) was designed to promote healthy body image, positive self-esteem, and a non-dieting approach to eating. This active learning program provides background information for the facilitator and activities to be used with adolescents. The effectiveness of this program has been evaluated with middle school girls using a classroom format and a nurse-led peer support format, and has been shown to improve global self-esteem, body satisfaction, and eating attitudes and behaviours.