Health and Safety
An In-Depth Guide To Road Safety For Parents
This guide has advice categorized by age group; from picking the right car seat for a newborn through to how parents can encourage their teen not to text and drive.
A Complete Guide to Halloween Safety
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, child pedestrian accidents increase by 4x on Halloween. Our guide offers a ton of tips to prevent these accidents along with many other safety suggestions for young trick or treaters. This comprehensive guide is full of tips for keeping your ghosts and ghouls safe on Halloween.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, child pedestrian accidents increase by 4x on Halloween. Our guide offers a ton of tips to prevent these accidents along with many other safety suggestions for young trick or treaters. This comprehensive guide is full of tips for keeping your ghosts and ghouls safe on Halloween.
Active Today, Active for Life!
This website was developed to support the Daily Physical Activity (DPA) policy of the Ontario government’s Healthy Schools program. As part of this program, students in grades 1 to 8 are required take part in a minimum of 20 minutes of sustained moderate to vigorous daily physical activity.
The site includes helpful information about safety, inclusion, and scheduling, as well as printable activity sheets, and videos of activities that show Ontario teachers and school leaders how to implement DPA in the classroom, gymnasium, multipurpose areas, and outdoors.
This website was developed to support the Daily Physical Activity (DPA) policy of the Ontario government’s Healthy Schools program. As part of this program, students in grades 1 to 8 are required take part in a minimum of 20 minutes of sustained moderate to vigorous daily physical activity.
The site includes helpful information about safety, inclusion, and scheduling, as well as printable activity sheets, and videos of activities that show Ontario teachers and school leaders how to implement DPA in the classroom, gymnasium, multipurpose areas, and outdoors.
Ever Active Schools
Partners with school communities through the provision of the following supports and services: critical reflection tools; planning assistance; sharing and networking; resources; recognition; professional development; promising/best practice gathering and sharing.
An EAS member school follows a health promoting schools approach (also known as comprehensive school health) to ensure clear, consistent, healthy messages are delivered in the home, school and community. Members focus on providing and promoting the benefits of physical activity, healthy eating and mental health throughout the school community. These three aspects of health are valued and integrated into daily life. Member school communities understand that the health and well being of students is a shared responsibility.
Partners with school communities through the provision of the following supports and services: critical reflection tools; planning assistance; sharing and networking; resources; recognition; professional development; promising/best practice gathering and sharing.
An EAS member school follows a health promoting schools approach (also known as comprehensive school health) to ensure clear, consistent, healthy messages are delivered in the home, school and community. Members focus on providing and promoting the benefits of physical activity, healthy eating and mental health throughout the school community. These three aspects of health are valued and integrated into daily life. Member school communities understand that the health and well being of students is a shared responsibility.
Health Information
Safe food and good nutrition are important to Canadians. Maintaining the safety of Canada's food supply is a shared responsibility among government, industry and consumers. Eating a nutritious and balanced diet is one of the best ways to protect and promote good health.
Safe food and good nutrition are important to Canadians. Maintaining the safety of Canada's food supply is a shared responsibility among government, industry and consumers. Eating a nutritious and balanced diet is one of the best ways to protect and promote good health.
Healthy Alberta
In January 2002, the Alberta government accepted the recommendations of the Premier's Advisory Council on Health report and responded with an action plan to build a better public health system. One of the key directions of the action plan is improving the health of Albertans and helping Albertans to stay healthy. Healthy U was developed as a public information and education campaign to support and encourage Albertans to lead healthier lifestyles by providing them with access to information on healthy eating and active living.
In January 2002, the Alberta government accepted the recommendations of the Premier's Advisory Council on Health report and responded with an action plan to build a better public health system. One of the key directions of the action plan is improving the health of Albertans and helping Albertans to stay healthy. Healthy U was developed as a public information and education campaign to support and encourage Albertans to lead healthier lifestyles by providing them with access to information on healthy eating and active living.
Healthy Schools
Team Nutrition is an initiative of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service to support the Child Nutrition Programs through training and technical assistance for foodservice, nutrition education for children and their caregivers, and school and community support for healthy eating and physical activity.
The Worlds Healthiest Foods
Did you know that traditional methods for cooking vegetables can lose from 50-80% of their nutritional value? Traditional cooking methods such as boiling can deplete water soluble vitamins, such as vitamin C and the B vitamins, as well as flavonoid phytonutrients. When I discovered that 88% of the folic acid in carrots and 66% of the flavonoids in
carrots and broccoli are destroyed through boiling for extended periods of time, I knew how important it was to develop alternative Healthiest Way of Cooking methods that you will find in the World's Healthiest Foods book, which will help retain the maximum nutritional value found in these health-promoting foods.
Colour Me Healthy - Prepare More Meals At Home
Enjoying family meals at home does not have to be difficult. With a little planning and grocery shopping, fixing meals at home can be easy. Use this resource to get started.
Safe Kids Worldwide
Safe Kids Worldwide is a global organization dedicated to preventing injuries in children, the number one killer of kids in the United States. Around the world, a child dies from an unintentional injury every 30 seconds. And millions of children are injured in ways that can affect them for a lifetime.
Team Nutrition is an initiative of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service to support the Child Nutrition Programs through training and technical assistance for foodservice, nutrition education for children and their caregivers, and school and community support for healthy eating and physical activity.
The Worlds Healthiest Foods
Did you know that traditional methods for cooking vegetables can lose from 50-80% of their nutritional value? Traditional cooking methods such as boiling can deplete water soluble vitamins, such as vitamin C and the B vitamins, as well as flavonoid phytonutrients. When I discovered that 88% of the folic acid in carrots and 66% of the flavonoids in
carrots and broccoli are destroyed through boiling for extended periods of time, I knew how important it was to develop alternative Healthiest Way of Cooking methods that you will find in the World's Healthiest Foods book, which will help retain the maximum nutritional value found in these health-promoting foods.
Colour Me Healthy - Prepare More Meals At Home
Enjoying family meals at home does not have to be difficult. With a little planning and grocery shopping, fixing meals at home can be easy. Use this resource to get started.
Safe Kids Worldwide
Safe Kids Worldwide is a global organization dedicated to preventing injuries in children, the number one killer of kids in the United States. Around the world, a child dies from an unintentional injury every 30 seconds. And millions of children are injured in ways that can affect them for a lifetime.
Sun Safety
The Sun Safety Alliance, Inc. (SSA) is a communication and educationally focused not-for-profit organization with the mission to reduce the incidence of skin cancer. SSA is dedicated to creating national awareness of skin cancer as an important health issue. SSA believes that a concerted focus on skin cancer prevention, education, and awareness is the only way to change generations of behavior.
A unique partnership between SSA and its management organization, the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC), brings the power and influence of the entertainment
industry to bear on sun safety and skin cancer prevention issues. EIC is a not-for-profit organization with over 25 years of experience in educating, serving as a resource to, and recognizing the incredible writers, directors, producers, performers and others who are committed to making a difference through their art.
The Sun Safety Alliance, Inc. (SSA) is a communication and educationally focused not-for-profit organization with the mission to reduce the incidence of skin cancer. SSA is dedicated to creating national awareness of skin cancer as an important health issue. SSA believes that a concerted focus on skin cancer prevention, education, and awareness is the only way to change generations of behavior.
A unique partnership between SSA and its management organization, the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC), brings the power and influence of the entertainment
industry to bear on sun safety and skin cancer prevention issues. EIC is a not-for-profit organization with over 25 years of experience in educating, serving as a resource to, and recognizing the incredible writers, directors, producers, performers and others who are committed to making a difference through their art.