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Feeding Your Baby: From six months to 1 year
Best Start Resource Centre and Nutrition Resource Centre, May 2007

This resource, adapted from Peel Public Health, is designed to help parents introduce their infants to solid foods.

Available in print and PDF.
 

 


Eat right be active : A guide for parents and caregivers of preschoolers ages 3 - 5
Nutrition Resource Centre and Ontario Public Health Association, 2007
This booklet provides everyday ideas that parents and caregivers can put into action so their three-to-five year old children can eat right and be active.
Available in print and PDF.
 

 


How to Feed Your Growing Child (currently under revision)
Best Start Resource Centre and the Nutrition Resource Centre, 2002, revised 2004
A low-literacy resource, adapted from the Simcoe County District Health Unit, that provides information on feeding children from age one to five.
Download in English.
Cultural adaptations produced by Nutrition Resource Centre, 2006.
- Chinese adaptation
- English translation of the Chinese adaptation
- Punjabi adaptation
- English translation of the Punjabi adaptation
- Vietnamese adaptation
- English translation of the Vietnamese adaptation
Available in print and PDF.
 

 


Healthy Eating for a Healthy Baby
Best Start Resource Centre and the Nutrition Resource Centre, revised 2004
24 page booklet with information for pregnant women addressing concerns related to nutritional needs of the growing baby, issues to watch out for (alcohol consumption, physical activity, weight gain) and provides workbook questionnaires for self-assessment.

Available in print and PDF. Low resolution (1MB, PDF) or
High resolution (5.06 MB, PDF).

 

 


Healthy Eating for a Healthy Baby - Poster
Produced by the Best Start Resource Centre and the Nutrition Resource Centre, 2002
A food guide for pregnant women based on Canada's Food Guide. Contains information on essential nutrients, alcohol, coffee and fish consumption, etc. Offers some advice for physical activity and some simple recipes.

 

 

 

 


Teaching Tools for Prenatal Nutrition
Best Start Resource Centre and the Nutrition Resource Centre, 2002
This is a collection of some of the tools and activities from the above "Healthy Eating for a Healthy Baby" resource in PDF that can be quickly accessed for use in sessions for health and service providers. Includes:
- How Much Weight should I Gain? [PDF]
- My Food Diary [PDF]
- Rate of Weight Gain [PDF]
 
 

 


Before You Get Pregnant, Take This
Best Start Resource Centre, 2000
Laminated display available for loan promoting women's intake of folic acid pre- and during pregnancy.
Available in print and JPG.
 

 
Related Best Start Displays
Preconception Health - Health Before Pregnancy
A 6'x3' display that can be used in a variety of settings.
 
Click here for the on-line
Order Form.

 

 


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