Nutrition Resources for Professionals and Partners

Healthy Eating 

• Canada's food guide (Government of Canada)
• Canada's food guide tools and resources (Ottawa Public Health)
• Credible Healthy Eating Online Resources (Ottawa Public Health)
• Healthy Eating Toolkit (Ontario Public Health Association)
• Language Learning for Health: Resources for English as a Second Language and Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada Practitioners  (Ottawa Public Health and Ottawa Carleton School Board)  
• UnlockFood.ca (Dietitians of Canada)

Child Care Nutrition 

• Child Care Healthy Eating and Active Living Guidelines (Ottawa Public Health)
• Child Care Resources (Ontario Dietitians in Public Health)
  • Menu Planning & Supportive Nutrition Environments in Child Care Settings - Practical Guide [PDF 4.6 MB]
  • Menu and Nutrition Environment Self - Assessment Tool for Child Care Settings [PDF 5.6 MB]
  • Online Learning Modules - Nutrition Recommendations for Healthy eating in Child Care Settings
  • Paint Your Plate with Vegetables and Fruit - A Toolkit for Ontario Childcare Providers

School Nutrition 

• School Health Online (Ottawa Public Health)

• School Nutrition Resources (Ontario Dietitians in Public Health)
  • Healthy Schools: Linking Nutrition and Mental Well-Being [PDF 123 KB]
  • Mental Health and Weight Bias at Schools [PDF 655 KB]
  • Nurturing Healthy Eaters in Elementary Schools [PDF 500 KB]
  • Nurturing Healthy Eaters in Secondary Schools [PDF 467 KB]
  • School Lunch Your Kids will Munch (parent handout) [PDF 1,075 KB] 

• Student Nutrition Program (Government of Ontario)

  • Nutrition Guidelines 2020 [PDF 1,891 KB]

Workplace Nutrition

• Healthy Eating at Work (Government of Canada)
• Healthy Food Choices at Meetings [PDF 459 KB] (Ottawa Public Health)
• Workplace Wellness (Dietitians of Canada)

Nutrition Data and Reports

• Nutrition Data (Ottawa Public Health)

Last revised: 19 September 2023