Resources & Research

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Fast Food Consumption and the ban on advertising targeting children: The Quebec experience

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Amid growing concerns about childhood obesity and the associated health risks, several countries are considering banning fast-food advertising targeting children. in this article, the authors study the effect of such a ban in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Children and Schools
Food Environments

Ontario School Food and Beverage Policy

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The Ontario Ministry of Education is committed to making schools healthier places for students to learn. The implementation of the School Food and Beverage Policy makes the healthiest choice the easiest to make.
Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Children and Schools
Food Literacy

Appendix: Nutrition Standards for Ontario Schools

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All food sold in schools must now meet the standards set out in Ontario Regulation 200/08.

Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Children and Schools
Food Environments

Growing Kids Blog

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A blog by the Environmental Youth Alliance, where the organization is working with students to grow edible gardens at Vancouver public schools; inspiring other ways of learning; and motivating youth to connect with the world around them.

Children and Schools
Food Literacy
Food Environments

Alice Waters: Edible Education

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Edible Schoolyard founder Alice Waters talks about the value of garden and kitchen experiences in transforming students' relationship to food.

Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Children and Schools
Food Environments

Food Flair Early Learning Practitioners Resource

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Children learn about food and eating from the examples of the adults and other children around them. Food Flair offers suggestions for early learning practitioners as they create an environment in which young children enjoy eating healthy foods and learn to make healthy choices. 
Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Children and Schools
Food Environments

Ann Cooper: What's wrong with school lunches

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Ann Cooper talks about the coming revolution in the way kids eat at school -- local, sustainable, seasonal and even educational food.

Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Children and Schools
Food Environments

Jamie Oliver: Teach every child about food

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Jamie Oliver is transforming the way we feed ourselves, and our children. 

Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Children and Schools
Food Literacy

Stephen Ritz: A teacher growing green in the South Bronx

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A whirlwind of energy and ideas, Stephen Ritz is a teacher in New York's tough South Bronx, where he and his kids grow lush gardens for food, greenery -- and jobs. Just try to keep up with this New York treasure as he spins through the many, many ways there are to grow hope in a neighborhood many have written off, or in your own.

Children and Schools
Food Literacy
Food Environments

Bill 36, Local Food Act

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Local Food Act passed in Ontario.

Regional and Local
Food Systems