Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide includes the latest nutrition research to promote health and reduce the risk for chronic diseases like obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, certain types of cancer and osteoporosis.

Highlights of the Food Guide include a focus on vegetables and fruit, whole grains, and healthy oils, along with specific advice for different age groups.

Learning more about Canada’s Food Guide will help you and your family know how much food you need every day, what types of foods are better for you, and the importance of physical activity in your day. In addition to the Food Guide, Health Canada’s website includes more healthy eating information, such as: 

• grocery shopping ideas
• fast and easy meal ideas
• food label reading
• smart snacking
• maintaining healthy habits

Using Canada’s Food Guide will help you make wise food choices whether you are eating at home, at school, at work or eating out. You can even create your own My Food Guide to help personalize the information found in Canada’s Food Guide based on your age, sex and food preferences.

To view Canada’s Food Guide and other interactive tools, visit Health Canada’s website. In addition to English and French, the Food Guide has been translated into 10 other languages.

To order copies of the Food Guide or the Resource for Educators, you may call the Comprehensive School Health Program at 519-258-2146 ext. 1260.