Nutrition

Over the last 25 years, obesity rates among children and youth in Canada have nearly tripled. As a parent, you are the most important influence on your child's nutrition and will help her to maintain a healthy body weight. Be sure your child is eating well, as good nutrition fuels your toddler's growth and development.

• 10 Great Reasons to Breastfeed your Baby
• Breastfeeding: Getting Help with Breastfeeding
• Canada's Food Guide – Follow this link to information about eating well with Canada's Food Guide.
• Cooking with Kids
• Contact a dietitian – Dial-a-Dietitian connects callers to a Registered Dietitian, a licensed health professional who has studied the science of nutrition. Service is free of charge.
• Dietitians of Canada: Nutrition A to Z – Healthy eating is a key factor in promoting good health. These nutrition resources covering topics from Active Living to Zinc will help you make the right choices for your individual health needs.
• Healthy Holidays: As wonderful as they may be for everything else, when it comes to maintaining a healthy weight, holidays can be somewhat challenging. Most people relish holiday recipes and treats, but many regret those extra sweets and treats come the New Year. Here are a few basic healthy holiday eating tips for you and your family.
• Eat, Drink and Be Healthy: 8 ways to enjoy the holidays with food, friends and family
• Fast and Easy Brown Bag Lunches
• Favourite Family Foods Online Cookbook – In this cookbook from the Manitoba Healthy Baby Program, you will find delicious, nutritious, easy to prepare, family friendly recipes and cooking tips.
• Food Safety – Learn about Health Canada's four easy steps to help keep food safe and more.
• Food Safety Information
• Halloween Food Safety Tips
• Heathy Eating – Discover Canada's food guides as well as tips for healthy eating and food safety. Also learn about nutrients, nutrition for all ages, and nutrition programs and working groups
• Heathy Eating for Children
• Heathy Eating for Preschoolers
• Diabetes, Your Child, & You
• Heart & Stroke Foundation of Manitoba: Healthy Weight in Children
• Heart-healthy eating guide for your family
• Manitoba Foods Recipes – Local guides, recipes, and information.
• Nutrition Resources – The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority offers a number of nutrition resources to groups and organizations.
• Healthy Canadians – Healthy Eating
• Healthy Eating Information – Find out how to promote healthy eating in your family and at your child's school.
• The Importance of Family Mealtimes – Family life seems busy for all of us these days. Working parents, extracurricular activities, homework: sometimes it can seem impossible just to get everyone in one place! Although many of us might remember eating with our families at the dinner table when we were growing up, family mealtimes might seem tough to navigate these days. But, eating together as a family can offer many benefits for kids.
• Picky Eater – Toddlers often go through stages of refusing to eat certain foods or eating only a small number of specific foods.
• Recipes
• Revolting Recipes for Halloween Fun
• Ten Valuable Tips for Successful Breastfeeding
• Halloween Pumpkins: More Than Just Decorations
• Where to Buy & Eat Manitoba Foods