Resources within the Community and Additional Resources
Pregnancy & Babies
- Canadian Paediatric Society: Pregnancy and Babies & Nutrition: A list of resources on breastfeeding, feeding your baby in the first year, gastroesophageal reflux disease, iron needs of babies and children, limited supply of infant formula, Vitamin D and weaning your child from breastfeeding.
- City of Toronto: Healthy Eating During Pregnancy: Eating well when you’re pregnant helps you to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby, get the nutrients you and your baby need, support the growth and development of your baby, gain a healthy amount of weight, improve your energy and how you feel and manage your blood sugar if needed.
- Health Canada: Canada’s Food Guide - Healthy eating when pregnant and breastfeeding: Healthy eating and taking a multivitamin plays a very important role for you and your baby during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
- Public Health Agency of Canada: Your Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy (Pre-natal Nutrition): Your nutritional health, before and during pregnancy, influences the health of your developing baby.
Childhood Nutrition
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Nutrition: The specific nutritional choices you and your children make are crucial. Good nutrition is essential to good health and the American Academy of Pediatrics encourages parents to think of their nutritional decisions as health decisions.
- Baby and Toddler Nutrition: PDFs from FoodShare on introducing solid foods to your baby (6 months - 1 year) and feeding your toddler (1 year - 3 years).
- City of Toronto: Nutrition & Food Access: A range of Toronto-centric resources such as Student Nutrition Program, Toronto Food Policy Council, and Feeding Your Child.
- Health Canada: Children & Healthy Eating: Health Canada recognizes the important role healthy eating plays in promoting the health of children and youth. Numerous resources, including dietary guidance, research and reports and tools and resources, have been developed to support evidence-based policy and program development.
- Healthy Eating & Active Living Resources: Resources from The Hospital for SickKids on Meal Planning, Healthy Snacking, Eating Out, Grocery Shopping, and general Nutrition information.
- KidsHealth: Nutrition & Fitness: You know the importance of good nutrition and exercise, but how do you feed a picky eater or encourage a child who hates sports to play outside? Learn how to keep your child healthy with the right foods and exercise.
- Mayo Clinic: Nutrition for Kids: You want your child to eat healthy foods, but do you know which nutrients are necessary and in what amounts? Here's a quick overview.
- SuperKids Nutrition: Developed by nutrition experts, this website content can be utilized by parents, teachers, dietitians, physicians, nurses, educators, kids, and anyone else looking for tools that help raise a healthy family.
Other suggestions
- Canadian Paediatric Society: Healthy Eating for Children: As a parent, one of the most important things you do is to help your children learn healthy eating habits. Children need a balanced diet with food from all 3 food groups—vegetables and fruit, whole grain products, and protein foods.
- Gluten-Free Food Guide for Children and Youth: The long-awaited Gluten-Free Food Guide for Children and Youth, crafted by Drs. Diana Mager and Justine Turner’s CONQUER Research Team at the University of Alberta is officially here!
Eating Disorders