Health Canada has just released the revised Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide. It has been updated from the 1992 version to include the latest nutrition research to promote health and reduce the risk for chronic diseases like obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and certain types of cancer.

Highlights of the new Canada’s 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 the new 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 lots 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 the new Canada’s Food Guide and other interactive tools, visit Health Canada’s website. The guide is available for download in English and French. Copies in other languages and a separate Food Guide for First Nations, Inuit and Métis will be available in the Spring 2007.

To order copies of the new Canada's Food Guide or the Resource for Educators, schools should call the Comprehensive School Health Program at 519-258-2146 ext. 1260.