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Information Kit - Healthy Eating
Healthy eating is the sum total of
the food choices we make over
time. It is the overall pattern of
foods eaten - not any single food,
meal or even the meals eaten in
one day - that determines whether
a person's eating pattern is
healthy.
Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating
This guide is based on the
following guidelines from Health
Canada:
- enjoy a variety of foods
- emphasize cereals, breads, other grains products, vegetables and fruit
- choose lower-fat dairy products
- choose leaner meats and foods prepared with little or no fat
- achieve or maintain a healthy body weight through a combination of regular physical activity and healthy eating
- limit salt, alcohol and caffeine
Healthy Eating Checklist
Be sure to...
- choose a variety of foods from each of the four food groups
- choose foods within the suggested number of servings for all four food groups
- choose whole grain and enriched grain products more often
- choose dark green and orange vegetables and orange fruit more often
- choose lower-fat milk products more often
- choose leaner meats, poultry and fish, as well as peas, beans and lentils more often
- choose foods prepared with little or no fat
- enjoy eating with family and friends regularly
- be active every day
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right
of Canada, (2002)
ISBN 0-662-32125-1
Cat. No. H39-620/2002-7E
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