Resources for Schools

Healthy Eating

Programs and Tools

Healthy Food for Healthy Schools – Trans Fat Standards

Starting Sep 1, 2008, Ontario schools must make sure foods meet trans fat standards . Use the FAQ and factsheet to assist schools and school councils with making trans-free choices for students.

Eat Well to Excel

A nutrition program in Simcoe County for school-age children—provides nutritious foods and encourages healthy eating habits through education

Food for Learning

A nutrition program in Muskoka for students in elementary, secondary and adult learning centre schools—provide nutritious food and encourages healthy eating habits through education.

Nutrition Tools for Schools

A comprehsensive program that helps elementary school communities create a healthy school nutrition environment to make it easy for children to eat well at school.

Eat Smart! Program

A school cafeteria program that reinforces healthy eating messages taught in the classroom and supports healthy environments with safe and healthier food choices.

The Healthy School Guidelines Toolbox (2nd Edition)

A guide to creating school health policies that will make it easy for students to be active, eat well and be sun safe. Includes healthy fundraising ideas.

Healthy Fundraising

A list of local schools that have had success in healthy fundraising.

Super Size Me

A discussion guide for educators using the Super Size Me film to complement classroom education. Recommended only for grade 6 & over.

Small Steps Calendar

A 12-month health promotion calendar—download and edit days of the week to highlight classroom-related activities or events to send home monthly with students.

Call to Action
Strategies that can help build a community that encourages and supports healthy eating and active living

• What can Parents Do?
• What can school communities do?

Additional Resources

• Canada’s Food Guide
• The Phakz - Health Eating – youth website
• Healthy Eating – healthy weights, eating out, growing kids, know your foods and more
• Kids Health Matters Volume 1 Get top marks for healthy lunches.
• Kids Health Matters Volume 3 Food smart families.
• Cancer-Reducing the Risk
• Child Health Survey Summary
• Healthy Active Living for Children and Youth
• Newsletter Inserts

Additional curriculum resources