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Up one levelCanada’s Food Guide Promotion Posters
Are you looking for a way to promote Canada’s Food Guide in your community, school, or workplace? This series of five posters will help you do just that! Available now for ordering.
Now's the Time to Keep that Weight Loss Resolution with Losing Weight the Healthy Weigh!
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is offering a tried and true healthy weight loss program with a NEW approach.
Protect Yourself Against Cold Weather
With freezing weather conditions upon us and extreme cold weather always a possibility, area residents need to know how to protect themselves.
March Is Nutrition Month Across Canada. Registered Dietitians Are Here for Your Health
March is National Nutrition month! It’s the perfect time to start celebrating your health by eating well. This March, cook and eat together as a family, shop smart by aiming for more vegetables and fruit, and focus on eating local!
March is Nutrition Month across Canada. Healthy Habits result in Healthy Lifestyles
This March, Registered Dietitians across Canada are recognizing National Nutrition Month with Celebrate food…from field to table. Developing good eating habits is based on what you eat and how you eat.
Good Nutrition is Key for Preventing Diabetes
What you’re eating has a big impact on your health, especially when it comes to preventing and managing Diabetes. Now is a good time to celebrate food by eating healthy because March is Nutrition Month across Canada.
SUPERMARKET SAVVY
Shopping for groceries is a necessary task in life and is important because healthy eating starts at the grocery store. Good grocery shopping habits can have an impact on your health and help make healthy eating easier to stick to. March is Nutrition Month across Canada and is a great time to work on improving grocery shopping skills.
We’ve Come a Long Way in 35 Years!
This year marks the 35th anniversary of Ontario’s seat belt law. Before this legislation came into effect in 1976, about 17 per cent of Ontarians wore their seat belt. Today, survey results show that Ontario has a seat belt compliance rate of 96 per cent (Transport Canada, 2011).
Rediscover Your Bike
The recipes and fact sheets from the Rediscover Your Bike event are available here to download and print.
Butt out for Baby: Encouraging Fathers to Quit Smoking
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit in partnership with Smokers’ Helpline has launched a new stop smoking initiative aimed at fathers and fathers-to-be.
Falls Prevention: Stay Up, Keep Up!
Falls reduce quality of life for our seniors, impacting their mobility, health, and independence.
Are you Driven to Quit?
Dr. G. Allen Heimann, Medical Officer of Health and MPP, Teresa Piruzza helped the Canadian Cancer Society kick off National Non-Smoking Week with the launch of the seventh annual Driven to Quit Challenge in Windsor-Essex County.