This page lists resources that relate to promoting healthy eating and nutrition through changes to the physical environment. This includes regulating the sale of foods in vending machines and cafeterias.

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The Parents Jury is an Australia online network of parents, grandparents and guardians, who are interested in improving the food and physical activity environments of children. See www.parentsjury.org.au for more.

Ontario Government Introduced Pilot Project: Eating Well Looks Good On You / Bien manger, ça vous va bien: News Release (English): http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/news/Product.asp?ProductID=2456&Lang=EN Backgrounder (English): http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/nr/08.09/bg0909.html Communiqué (Français): http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/news/Product.asp?ProductID=2456&Lang=FR > Document d'information (Français) : http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/fre/document/nr/08.09/bg0909.html

Shannon Ouellette, MAN, RD, Acting Public Health Nutritionist with the Perth District Health Unit (ON) developed a presentation related to Ontario's Bill 8 regarding trans fat in schools. It is attached below. The presentation was developed to support implementation of Bill 8. Documents related to this Bill are: http://cal2.edu.gov.on.ca/june2008/EDU_DMTransFatStandards.pdf http://cal2.edu.gov.on.ca/june2008/Reg200_08TransFatStandards.pdf. A related presentation was also developed by the Niagara Region Public Health Department and is attached below.



The Dietitians of Canada developed School Food and Nutrition Recommendations for the Ontario Ministry of Education Regarding Snacks and Beverages Dispensed by Vending Machines which accompanied this Policy and Program Memorandum.

The Ontario Ministry of Education’s Healthy Schools plan includes policy direction on daily physical activity, healthy foods and beverages in elementary school vending machines, anaphylaxis, Community Use of Schools, swimming survival programs, health and physical education curriculum and a high school cardiopulmonary resuscitation program. The ministry has also published its regulations on school food sales. entitled: Healthy Foods and Beverages in Elementary School Vending Machines Policy/Program Memorandum.

The Ontario Resource Centre on Nutrition has published materials in its Eat Smart program for healthy school cafeterias. Find out how your school can become an Eat Smart School.

In 2004, The Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health releasedCall to Action:
Creating a Healthy School Nutrition Environment which included recommendations related to the importance of healthy eating in the school context .

The Manitoba ‘Taking Action for Healthy Food in Schools’ Student Leadership Award is designed to encourage youth to take leadership action on promoting healthy eating in schools and improving school food environments. For more information see: http://www.gov.mb.ca/healthyschools/foodinschools/resources/sla/sa.html.
Healthy Foods in Schools: Making Healthy Choices the Easy Choices Tool kit, developed by the Public Health Nutritionists of Saskatchewan Working Group (PHNSWG) in partnership with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan and the Dairy Farmers of Saskatchewan, can help you improve children’s health and create a healthier workplace by improving school foods and beverages.


Center for Weight and Health, University of California, Berkeley. (2007). Dollars and sense: The financial impact of selling healthier school foods. Retrieved January 21, 2008 from http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/cwh/PDFs/Dollars_and_Sense_FINAL_3.07.pdf