Healthy Eating

• Active Living
  • Grades K-3
  • Grades 4-6
  • Grades 7-9
  • Grades 10-12
• Healthy Eating
  • Grades K-3
  • Grades 4-6
  • Grades 7-9
  • Grades 10-12
• Positive Mental Health
  • Grades K-3
  • Grades 4-6
  • Grades 7-9
  • Grades 10-12

These resources are available to schools, daycares and community groups in Medicine Hat, Brooks & area at no charge.

Medicine Hat & Area Contact: Rae Wahl 403 502-8245 or rae.wahl@albertahealthservices.ca
Brooks & Area Contact: Jennifer Shepherd jennifer.shepherd@grasslands.ab.ca

Kits and displays are designed for effortless implementation into classroom curriculum. To find a resource that will fit the needs of your classroom, click on one of the topics and begin your search.

Alberta Nutrition Guidelines for Children and Youth

The Guidelines are designed to help child care facilities, schools, recreation centres, special event planners and communities make healthy food readily available for young people.

Bake Better Bites

A great resource to use when preparing baked goods for sale to students.

Canada’s Food Guide & Portion Size Kit

Learn about healthy eating, serving sizes and the Canada’s Food Guide through interactive education activities.

Canada’s Food Guide (PowerPoint)

A powerPoint presentation created by Health Canada about Canada’s Food Guide.

Canadian Rainbow Food Clings Kit

A versatile nutrition teaching tool for all ages!

Eat Well and Be Active Toolkit

The toolkit is designed to help teach groups of children and adults about healthy eating and physical activity.

Eat Well Plate

The Eat Well Plate helps you follow Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide when planning and serving meals.

Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide

Get your copy or a class set of Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide today!

Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide – Educators Guide

Get your copy of Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide – A Resource for Educators and Communicators.

EATracker

EATracker (EatActivityTracker) lets you track your day’s food and activity choices and compares them to the guidelines laid out by Health Canada.

Energy Drink Display

Raise awareness about the amount of sugar and caffeine in common energy drinks.

Fat Display

A lightweight three panel display that sets up in less than a minute.

Finding Fats

This kit was designed to raise awareness about the hidden fats in everyday foods, to help students make wise and nutritious fat choices.

Healthy Eating and Active Living

This great resource is available for three different age groups: 1 to 4 years, 5 to 11 years and 13 to 18 years.

Healthy Eating Starts Here

Alberta Health Services’ Healthy Eating Starts Here nutrition pages have healthy eating resources and handouts, lesson plans, manuals and more.

Healthy Lunch Display – Pack a Power Lunch

This updated display is great to have for parent teacher interview nights, or to set up at school for students to see.

Healthy School Communities (PowerPoint)

A presentation developed for use by anyone interested in starting a health and wellness committee.

Healthy School Fundraising

Schools, childcare centres, recreation centres and other work sites are working towards healthier eating environments.

Label Reading Kit

Learn how to read food labels and understand how packaged foods fit Canada’s Food Guide. The kit is divided into two main sections: Mission Nutrition for K-8 and Healthy Eating is in Store for You for grades 9 – 12.

Liquid Candy Resource Kit

The kit aims to raise awareness about the amount of sugar in common beverages and the value of healthier choices.

Make a Good Food Choice Poster

When students eat nutritious food, they are healthier and better learners.

Munch and Move Kit

Contains four different activities for children ages 0 – 5 and ages 6 – 12.

My Food Guide

An interactive tool which will help you personalize the information found in Canada’s Food Guide.

Nutrition Activities in Any Classroom – A Teachers Guide

This resource provides teachers with 10 ready-to-use interactive activity stations which can be self-directed or completed as a class.

Nutrition Bites

These nutrition topics are ready to be inserted into your school newsletter.

Nutrition Labelling – Educator Resource

To help educators and health professionals teach consumers how to use the information on food labels.

Sports Nutrition for Youth: A Handbook for Coaches!

This resource provides sports nutrition recommendations, teaching tools and learning activities for school and community coaches to guide recreational athletes and active youth aged 12 to 18 years.

Vegetarian Diets

Refer to the Dietitians of Canada link for information regarding Healthy Eating while following a vegetarian diet.