The following resources are available to help parents and child care providers learn more about the nutrition and physical activity needs of preschoolers. These resources also provide helpful strategies to ensure that preschoolers eat well and keep active on a daily basis.
Healthy Start for Life - Eating Well Together Meal Planner
A menu planning guide complete with a sample weekly menu plan and suggestions to help preschoolers eat well.
Healthy Start for Life - Keeping Active Together Planner
An activity planning guide complete with a sample monthly activity plan and suggestions for fun activities to keep preschoolers moving.
Healthy Start for Life - FAQs
Answers to common questions parents and caregivers ask about feeding preschoolers, picky eaters, why preschoolers need to be active, the kinds of activities preschoolers can do, and more.
Search for Resources
A listing of over 100 reliable nutrition and physical activity resources developed by other agencies and organizations for parents, caregivers and health care providers of preschoolers. All resources have been screened by dietitians and exercise physiologists. Inventory presently is only available in English but a few French resources are listed
Submit Resources
Do you have a preschool nutrition or physical activity resource to share? Please take a few moments to submit your resource to the Healthy Start for Life - Online Resource Inventory. Resources can be submitted in French but the resource submission form is in English. Once it is reviewed and approved by a dietitian or exercise physiologist it will be added to the resource inventory.
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Ressources en français
NutriSTEP®
Nutrition Screening tool for Every Preschooler [NutriSTEP®] is a valid and reliable nutrition risk screening questionnaire for preschoolers available in English and French. Dietitians of Canada has participated the development, review and promotion of NutriSTEP® Find out more about using this screening questionnaire.
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