Healthy Living Resources

Physical Activity

Publications:
Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living (PDF)
Canada's Physical Activity Guide for Children
Canada's Physical Activity Guide for Youth
Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living for Older Adults

Reports:
The Cost of Physical Inactivity in British Columbia (PDF)

Links:
Active Communities
British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association

Healthy Eating

Publications:
Baby's First Foods (PDF)
Feeding Your Toddler with Love and Good Food (PDF)
Healthy Eating: Cheap and Easy (PDF)
Quick Reference for Healthier Food Choices (PDF)
Senior Chef: Cooking for One or Two (PDF)
ActNow BC Healthy Recipes (PDF)

Links:
Dial-a-Dietitian

Healthy Schools

Publications:
Caffeine and the Student Body (PDF)
Dental Health: School Food and Beverage Sales (PDF)
Fat and Trans Fat: What Schools Need to Know (PDF)
Healthier Foods: How to Make Fun-Fast-Food Healthier for Students (PDF)
How Sweet It Is! What Schools Need to Know About Sugar and Artificial Sweeteners (PDF)
Tool for Stocking Healthy Foods in Schools (PDF)

Reports:
Guidelines for Food and Beverage Sales in B.C. Schools (PDF)
School Food Sales and Policies Provincial Report (PDF)

Links:
ActionSchools! BC
Active and Safe Routes to School
Eat Well, Play Well
Making It Happen: Healthy Eating at School
The Directorate of Agencies for School Health

Healthy Workplaces

Publications:
MeetWell: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Guidelines for Meetings, Conferences and Events (PDF)
Healthy Workplace Initiative Resources

Reports:
Evaluation Report for B.C. Ministry of Health Stairway to Health Initiative (PDF)

Links:
Business Case for Active Living at Work (Public Health Agency of Canada)
Canada's Healthy Workplace Week
National Quality Institute

Healthy Pregnancies

Publications:
Baby's Best Chance: Parents' Handbook of Pregnancy and Baby Care (PDF)

Reports:
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Strategic Plan for British Columbia (PDF)

Healthy Weight

Reports:
Cost of Obesity in British Columbia (PDF)

Tobacco

Reports:
An Aboriginal Tobacco Strategy for British Columbia (PDF)
Targeting Our Efforts: B.C.'s Tobacco Control Strategy (PDF)

Links:
Health Canada's First Nations and Inuit Health Tobacco Program
Quitnow.ca
Tobacco Control Program
Tobacco Facts


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