Websites on Nutrition and Health

COVID-19 Updates and Resources

• Temerty Faculty of Medicine
• University of Toronto
• The Lancet
• The New England Journal of Medicine
• International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation
• COVID-19 Infant Feeding Research Interest Group and Working Group
• World Obesity Federation Childhood Obesity: Maintaining momentum during COVID-19

National

• Canada's Food Guide
  User-friendly guide from Health Canada on how to eat and enjoy a variety of healthy, whole foods.
• Applying Canada's Dietary Guidelines 
  A resource for health professionals and policy makers that provides guidance on how to support patients adopt Canada's Dietary Guidelines.
• Canada's Food Guide Kids - Toolkit for Educators
  A toolkit for educators, health promoters and community leaders to help children 4 - 11 years old learn food skills, develop healthy eating patterns and understand Canada's food guide.
• Nutrition Labelling Online Course
  Free course for health professionals and educators. 
• Dietitians of Canada
  How to find a dietitian, assess nutritional intake, and plan and prepare meals.
• Canadian Nutrition Society
  A national organization that connects nutrition and health professionals, researchers, policy makers and industry.
• Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada 
  Funds cardiac research, empowers the public through education and advocates for changes to make Canadians healthier.
• Nutri-eSTEP
  Nutrition screening tool for toddlers and pre-schoolers.
• Childhood Healthy Living Foundation
  Leading a societal shift toward healthy eating and active lifestyles.
• Food is Our Medicine
  Webinar series for healthcare professionals, exploring the relationship  between Indigenous foodways, reconciliation, healing and healthcare. 
• Our Kids' Health
  Evidence-based health and nutrition information for families, in many languages.
• Raising Our Healthy Kids
  Series of short videos providing information to families on healthy growth and development, including nutrition, for children up to 12 years of age. 
• Dietary Patterns Calculator
  Online screening tool developed by researchers, clinicians, data scientists and developers from across Canada to help health-care providers and patients integrate food and nutrition into practice. 
   

Provincial (Ontario)

• Ontario Food and Nutrition Strategy
  A 2017 report on three strategic directions and 25 action areas designed to improve Ontario's food systems and the health of its people.
• Ontario Student Nutrition Program
  Helps schools and community partners develop local programs that offer students nutritious food at breakfast, lunch and during snack times. 
• Best Start
  Ontario's Maternal Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre. 
• Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health
  Secondary, tertiary and quaternary services, delivered in community and hospital settings.

International

• A Guide to Methods for Assessing Childhood Obesity
  This guide will improve understanding of common adiposity assessment methods and which are most appropriate for particular objectives.
• LactaPedia, Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation
  This free, online resource aims to create a consistent and research-based terminology for human lactation.

Diabetes

• Diabetes Canada
  Helping people with diabetes live healthy lives while working to find a cure.
• Meant2Prevent
  A resource hub on diabetes prevention and healthy lifestyles, for families and health professionals. Created by Canadian children's hospitals.
• Sir Frederick Banting Legacy Foundation
  Promotes education and clinical innovation for prevention and self-management of childhood diabetes. Offers resources and programs for school-age kids, especially in the Simcoe region of Ontario.

SickKids' Family Resources

• AboutKidsHealth
  An education resource for children and families, by trusted health-care experts at The Hospital for Sick Children. 
• Centre for Global Child Health
  A hub for SickKids' global child-health activities, including research, capacity building, policy development and advocacy.
• Centre for Healthy Active Kids
  SickKids' centre that addresses childhood obesity and promotes healthy nutrition and physical activity for all kids.

Physical Activity

• 24 Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years
  Movement guidelines on amount and intensity of physical activity, sleep, and limits to sedentary time for children aged 5 to 17, from the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology.
• 24 Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth
  Movement guidelines for children aged 5 to 17, from the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. 
• Outdoor Play Canada
  A network of leaders and organizations working to galvanize an outdoor play movement across Canada.
• Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group
  This group is based at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute and aims to improve the child health and well-being.