Dr. Kelly McGonigal, a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University, shares in a TED talk about how the attitude a person has towards stress can be a significant determiner of whether the stress has a negative or positive impact on health.
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In a two-part video series from the Dalai Lama Center, trauma-informed yoga therapist Nicole Marcia explores what it means to be trauma-informed and explains how supporting teens with a trauma-informed approach is strongly linked to Heart-Mind well-being; and introduces yoga as a potential tool for teens to use to manage stress.
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The new Canada Food Guide released in January 2019 uses a plate image, half filled with fruit and vegetables, one quarter with protein foods, and one quarter with whole-grain foods, alongside a glass of water, with the recommendation to “make water your drink of choice”. The guide stresses that “healthy eating is more than the foods you eat”, recommending mindful eating, cooking from scratch, taking time to enjoy food and eat in company with others, limiting sodium, sugars and saturated fat, using food information labels on packaged food, and being aware of food marketing.
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A post on the SportMedBC website on the topic of running while pregnant recommends other forms of exercise for expectant mothers who have not run regularly prior to pregnancy, but states that regular runners “usually find that they can run long into their pregnancy” as part of their prenatal fitness program.
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A 2013 UBC study has found that healthy birth weights vary among ethnicities, and that common baby weight charts which are based on infants born to Caucasian parents lead to misclassification of some Chinese and South Asian babies as small for gestational age.
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First Call BC has posted the poll results commissioned by CIBC and KidSport Canada that found that one-third of respondents indicated that their kids do not participate in organized sports due to cost.
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Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council and Vancouver Island Health Authority have co-produced a set of 30 printable cards for parents to help encourage conversation at mealtimes.
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Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers with Diabetes is an online resource sheet from The Hospital for Sick Children that provides encouragement and practical advice for parents managing Type 1 Diabetes in very young children.
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Healthy Families BC is offering a one-time subsidy of up to $50 towards a physical activity or nutrition program for 50,000 participating patients who have received a Personal Health Risk Assessment from their physician.
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Canada received a grade of D- in the 10th Anniversary Edition (2014) of the Active Healthy Kids Canada report card on physical activity for children and youth in 15 countries.
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Special Olympics BC, in collaboration with Action Schools! BC, has produced the Special Olympics: Healthy Living for Families booklet with nutrition information, recipes and guidelines for planning meals on competition days.
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The newly released Traditional Aboriginal Diets and Health from the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health explores the value of traditional diet sources in countering risk factors for chronic disease amongst Aboriginal peoples.
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How can local governments link planning principles to health outcomes? Read the new Healthy Built Environment Linkages Toolkit, developed by the PHSA Population and Public Health team in partnership with the Healthy Built Environment (HBE) Alliance.
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Nature Preschool, Richmond’s first outdoor-based childcare program, will open this fall at Terra Nova Rural Park.
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At the Little Food Explorers (Ages 3-5 kids) workshop, participants learn how to help preschool children become familiar with a wide variety of foods. The workshop is available free of charge.
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The “Cost of Eating” report by The Dieticians of Canada provides best practices and recommendations for reducing hunger and poverty.
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Food Skills for Families is a hands-on curriculum based program that makes healthy eating, shopping and cooking easy, quick and fun.
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As part of Kelty Mental Health’s Pinwheel Education Series, this recording on Nutrition and Mental Health includes a panel discussion of strategies parents, children and youth can use to promote good nutrition.
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Check out Zonein.ca for a wide range of information on children and technology from a team of pediatric occupation therapists with expert knowledge in the field of technology’s impact on child development.
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