Eat Well: Easier, Healthier School Lunches 101

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013 Health Canada Eat Well: Easier, Healthier School Lunches 101 It’s time to get the kids ready to go back to school again, which means moms, dads and caregivers everywhere are revising their grocery lists and their weekday routines to include school lunches. Get started at the grocery store! Post this link and ask your loyal Twitter followers and Facebook friends to share their tips and tricks for grocery shopping with the kids! www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/eating-nutrition/healthy-eating-saine-alimentation/grocery_kids-epicerie_enfants-eng.php Get organized No cramming required – these quick tips will help you get organized and make packing school lunches easier. Kids will give the lunch ideas an A+! *5 Ways to Make School Lunches Easier* is a great addition to a newsletter, and the fact sheet is a handy handout for meetings and classes. Eat Well 5 Ways Eat Well - Packing Lunches Factsheet Did you know? Food allergies affect as many as six per cent of young children. Be aware when packing school lunches! For more information about food allergies, visit: www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/kids-enfants/food-aliment/allergies-eng.php Get a helping hand Post this cute poster where a little one will notice and you just might get some volunteers in the kitchen! Eat Well Get The Kids Involved – Poster Did they eat all of their veggies? Celebrate with this fun after-dinner activity! Children will love identifying and colouring some of their favourite foods. If they come across an item they don’t recognize, put it on your grocery list and help them pick it out next time you’re at the store together. Eat Well Colouring Sheet and Map We hope you will find these resources enjoyable and of value to your clients. If you have any questions, please contact HealthCanadaCommunicationsOntario@hc-sc.gc.ca. We’d also love to hear how you used Health Canada’s information about healthy eating, and what kind of response you received from your clients. Still hungry for more? You can always visit www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/eatwell or Health Canada's Healthy Eating Toolbox at www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/nutrition/part/tb-bo/index-eng.php for more information and additional resources.
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