New tools have been created by Alberta Health and Wellness to assist parents and teachers in understanding the guidelines to healthy eating for school agers, and the process of interpreting the Alberta Nutrition Guidelines.

The Food Checker: This is a web-tool that allows you to check if a particular food meets the criteria for the ANGCY (Alberta Nutrition Guidelines for Children and Youth). All you need is the label and portion size of the product and it will electonically search the data base for you, saving you from having to interpret the label yourself. 

The Food Checker

ANGCY Implementation Manuals:  These manuals are great resources for interpreting the ANGCY (Alberta Nutrition Guidelines for Children and Youth) so you can more easily determine what foods fit and how to create healthy menus.  

• Healthy Eating for Children in Childcare Centres
• Healthy Eating for Children and Youth in Schools
• Healthy Eating for Children in Recreation and Community Centres