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NutriSTEP®

  • NutriSTEP® (Nutrition Screening Tool for Every Preschooler) is a fast and simple way to assess eating habits and identify nutrition problems early in young children 3-5 years of age.

    The NutriSTEP® program includes:

    • The NutriSTEP® questionnaire, which is available online in English and French with a license through Flintbox Technologies.

      The NutriSTEP® questionnaire has 17 items that cover the preschool nutritional risk constructs: food and nutrient intake, physical growth, developmental and physical capabilities, physical activity, food security and the feeding environment. It is intended for use by community professionals and should be completed by the child’s parent or primary caregiver, the one who is most knowledgeable about the child’s eating and other health habits.

    • The NutriSTEP® Implementation Toolkit (English and French) and resources including background information, implementation tools, education and training materials and other resources.

    • NutriSTEP® Online Community where you can get support from other users of the program, ask questions, post new resources, etc.

    • Ongoing and collaborative, community-based research activities.

    • NutriSTEP® Online (www.nutristep.ca) was launched with the financial support of a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) End of Grant Knowledge Translation Supplement. This funding has allowed for widespread dissemination of NutriSTEP® and its related resources and supports the establishment of preschool nutrition screening programs in Canada and other jurisdictions. Please check out the site for more information.

Nutrition

  • The Nutrition Resource Centre has a mandate to increase the coordination and collaboration among provincial nutrition programs and to provide professional support to nutrition and health promotion practitioners across Ontario.

  • EatRight Ontario website and telephone hotline:
    Website contains in-depth feature articles written and reviewed by Registered Dietitians, provides comprehensive health information on nutrition and healthy eating. Topics include: Family Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Healthy Weights, Seniors' Nutrition, and Disease Prevention. There is an interactive "Ask a Dietitian" feature so that consumers can ask nutrition-related questions and receive feedback from a Registered Dietitian. The hotline is: 1-877-510-5102 during regular business hours.

    NRC shares a number of its resources with EatRight Ontario.

  • It's Your Health, joint publication produced by Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada

  • Involving You, newsletter, Health Canada's Office of Consumer and Public Involvement for the Health Products and Food Branch

  • Lexicon of Words and Phrases for Use in Nutrition and Health Promotion
    NRC's French Language Advisory Network has developed this tool to support nutrition and health promotion professionals in Ontario with the use of consistent and current French terminology when writing, designing, interpreting and translating nutrition messages.

  • Ontario's Action Plan for Healthy Eating and Active Living [PDF, 1.2MB]

  • Measuring Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in 4-9 Year Olds: A Search for a Valid and Reliable Population-Based Tool - Executive Summary of PHRED report. This initiative examined the merits and challenges of measuring fruit and vegetable consumption of four to nine year old children at a population level through a literature search and nine in-depth interviews with key informants. Experts in the field felt it was not justified to develop new tools for these age groups.

  • The Reliability and Validity of Using Self-Reported Clothing Size as a Proxy for Waist Circumference at the Population Level - Executive Summary of PHRED report. This report provides practical information relevant to overweight and obesity surveillance at the population level. Using the study’s findings, a Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System (RRFSS) module was developed for the on-going collection of population-based waistline data.

  • Special Diets Expert Review Committee Final Report [PDF] - The Ministry of Community and Social Services ("Ministry") established the Special Diets Expert Review Committee ("Committee") in June 2006 to provide advice to the Ministry regarding the content of the Special Diets Schedule. The Ministry of Community and Social Services, 2008

  • Dietitians of Canada’s website offers a wealth of consumer and health professional resources, including factsheets, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and interactive tools. Consumers can assess their food choices, based on Canada’s Food Guide, through the interactive EATracker tool . It provides personalized feedback on the total intake of energy and essential nutrients and compares this to what is recommended for age, gender and activity level. Consumers can also create a one-day menu with Let’s Make a Meal! and analyze their favourite recipes with the Recipe Analyzer.

  • Health Canada – Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion
    Health Canada develops and implements evidence-based policy that defines healthy eating and promotes environments that support Canadians in making healthy food choices. Initiatives include: Canada’s Food Guide, a task force for reducing trans fat in Canadian foods, nutrition labelling, and Canada's Food Guide available in 10 Languages in addition to English and French. Translated directly from the 2007 Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide, these resources are available in Arabic, Chinese, Farsi (Persian), Korean, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, and Urdu. These languages reflect the nation's top 10 non-official languages spoken in the homes of recent immigrants.

    The translated Food Guides are a practical complement to existing Food Guide resources, including Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide, the resource for educators and communicators, and the Food Guide website. Canada’s Food Guide integrates the latest science on nutrition and health into a practical pattern of eating, and acknowledges the changing ethnic makeup of Canada by including a range of foods from a variety of ethnic cuisines. The Food Guide website features interactive tools, such as "My Food Guide Online", which allows individuals to create a customized printout in the same 10 languages, as well as in English and French.

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