Nutrition and Healthy Eating

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• (2007) Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide
• (2007) Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide - A Resource for Educators and Communicators
• (2004) Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 2.2, Nutrition (2004)

Dietary

• (2005) Dietary Reference Intakes Tables
• (2003) The Development of the Dietary Reference Intakes
• (2003) Using the Dietary Reference Intakes

Healthy Children

• Supportive Environments for Learning: healthy eating and physical activity within comprehensive school health

Healthy Weights

• (2003) Canadian Guidelines for Body Weight Classification in Adults - Quick Reference Tool
• (2003) Canadian Guidelines for Body Weight Classification in Adults - Technical Report
• (2000) Should the 1988 Canadian Guidelines for Healthy Weights be Updated?

Infant Feeding

• (2012) Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants: Recommendations from Birth to Six Months

Nutrient Data

• (2008) Nutrient Value of Some Common Foods
• (2007) Canadian Nutrient File Compilation of Canadian Food Composition Data
• (2000) A Strong Tradition of Collaboration: The Federal / Provincial / Territorial Group on Nutrition
• (1999) Nutrient Value of Some Common Foods Frequently Asked Questions
• (1996) Nutrition for Health: An Agenda for Action

Nutrition Policy Reports

• (2009) Defining Healthy Foods : International and Canadian scans
  • Executive Summary: Defining "Healthy" and "Unhealthy" Foods: An International Review
  • Executive Summary: Defining “Healthy” Foods: Environmental Scan of the Situation in Canada
• (2005) Canadian Journal of Public Health - Understanding the Forces that Influence Our Eating Habits: What We Know and Need to Know
• (2001) Discussion Paper on Household and Individual Food Insecurity

Prenatal Nutrition Guidelines for Health Professionals

• (2010) Prenatal Nutrition Guidelines for Health Professionals: Gestational Weight Gain
• (2009) Background on Canada's Food Guide
• (2009) Fish and Omega-3 Fatty Acids
• (2009) Folate
• (2009) Iron

Sodium

• Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on Dietary Sodium Reduction, May 2009
• Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on Dietary Sodium Reduction, February 2009
• Stakeholder and Expert Perspectives on Dietary Sodium Reduction in Canada 2009
• Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on Dietary Sodium Reduction, November 2008

Trans Fat

• (2007) Trans Fat Monitoring Program
• (2006) TRANSforming the Food Supply
• (2005) Interim Report Of The Trans Fat Task Force