Canada’s Dietary Guidelines for Health Professionals and Policy Makers
This report sets out Health Canada’s guidelines and considerations on healthy eating. Based on the best available scientific evidence, they promote healthy eating and overall nutritional well-being, and support improvements to the Canadian food environment.The guidelines are a resource for developing nutrition policies, programs, and educational resources for members of the Canadian population two years of age and older.
Resource Information
Date
January 1, 2019
Author
Health Canada
Type
Guide
Setting
Cafeteria/Canteen, Children's Service/Child Care, Community Garden, Community Kitchen, Community-at-large, Farmers Market, Food Bank, Grocery/Retail, Home, Long-term Care, Mobile Vending, Primary Care, Recreation Centre, Restaurant/Food Service Premise
Age
Prenatal, Toddler (1-3), Children (4-11), Youth (12-17), Adults (18-64), Older Adults (65 and over)
Topic
Chronic Disease Prevention, Food Literacy, Healthy Eating
Language
English
Jurisdiction
National, International
Tags
adults, agriculture, children, chronic disease prevention, dietary intake, family meals, food access, food environment, food literacy, food marketing, food skills, food waste, health equity, healthy eating, indigenous, nutrients, nutrition education, nutrition guidelines, older adults, policy, processed foods, sodium, sugar, sugar-sweetened beverages, sustainability, water, youth