Healthy Start for Life is a collaboration between Dietitians of Canada and 9 organizations whose shared goal is to promote healthy eating and physical activity among toddlers and preschool age children (2 to 5 years).
Healthy Start for Life is rich in resources which will:
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help parents and child care providers learn more about the nutrition and physical activity needs of preschoolers |
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suggest activities that promote positive attitudes towards healthy eating and active living |
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provide strategies to help tackle common preschool feeding issues, plan meals, and keep preschoolers active |
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help prevent childhood obesity, diabetes and other health problems in later life |
Healthy Start for Life also provides a course for parents & child care providers.
Access NutriSTEP® - a valid and reliable nutrition risk screening questionnaire to assess eating habits and identify nutrition problems in young children 3-5 years of age. Find out more about using this screening questionnaire.
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Some documents in this site are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), and are viewable using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Acrobat, you can download it here.
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