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Nutrition & Active Living - Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide

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Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide

On February 5th, 2007 Health Canada released a revised food guide, the first revision since Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating was originally released in 1992.

The food guide is the key nutrition education tool for Canadians. Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide is intended to guide food choices that promote health and prevents the development of chronic illness.

For more information about Canada's Food Guide:

Health Canada - To view and print a copy of new food guide Health Canada is your best source. Also accessible here are other tools to help consumers use and understand the new food guide.

Dietitians of Canada - For a summary of the major improvements to the food guide, as well as healthy eating information and interactive tools for consumers.

Dietitians of Canada - To access interactive tools for consumers such as the newly revised EATracker.

To order printed copies of Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide:

Whether you're a public health nurse, a teacher or school nurse, other health professional or a parent or individual Nutrition and Active Living will mail you a copy or several copies of Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide. If you would like to order copies for mailing, please

Call Nutrition and Active Living at (403) 943-6753. If you're asked to leave a message, please speak clearly and provide your name, address and telephone number and the number of copies you'd like to receive.

Send an e-mail - be sure to include your name, address and telephone number and the number of copies you'd like to receive.
 

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