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Healthy food and drink choices outside the home

Find out how to encourage your tween or teen to make healthy food and drink choices when eating out.

Meal ideas for school-aged children, tweens and teens

Learn how to support your child's nutrition needs with nutritious snacks and meal ideas.

Nutrition: How a balanced diet and healthy eating habits can help your child's mental health

Mark National Nutrition Month by learning about the nutrients and routines that can help with your child's mental wellbeing.

Involving kids in meal time tasks

Find out how engaging your child in meal time tasks can help them develop good eating habits.

Canada's Food Guide

Discover the foundation for healthy eating with Canada's Food Guide. Learn about Canada’s Food Guide recommendations and how to apply them to your family’s diet.

Feeding and nutrition for blood and marrow transplants

Learn about nutrition and how to store and handle food after your child's blood and marrow transplant (BMT).

Finding a weight that is right for you

Eating healthy foods and being physically active are important factors in maintaining a healthy weight. Read about tips for keeping a healthy body weight.

Substance use disorder: How to help

​Discover how to monitor your teen's substance use effectively and what to do if your teen has a substance use disorder.

Healthy eating for teens

Here are some helpful tips on how to meet the needs of a teen's growing body.

Encouraging healthy habits during and after cancer treatment

Encourage healthy habits in your teen during cancer treatment and after with these expert tips.

Balancing your family's diet and fitting in treats

Learn how to help your family eat a balanced diet, including how to incorporate treats and drinks in a healthy way.

Developing positive eating habits

Developing positive eating habits can be difficult. Find out what your teen can do every day to develop a healthy attitude toward food.

Drinks for your toddler or preschooler

Find out what drinks to offer your toddler or preschooler as they adjust to solid foods.

Encouraging healthy lifestyle habits

Exercising regularly, eating well and sleeping well are all important parts of proper JIA management. Learn how to encourage your teen to be healthy.

Thrill-seeking and risky behaviour in teenagers

Find out how to help your teen to stay healthy and properly manage their diabetes as they learn to navigate adolescence.

Nutrition labels: Finding out about the food you eat

Learn how to read nutrition labels to help compare and choose products, and to make informed food choices.

Enteral nutrition in intestinal failure

Enteral nutrition is any method of feeding that uses the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to deliver nutrition to your child. It can include food given through their mouth or through a feeding tube.

Nutrition and feeding consultants for patients with congenital heart disease

Read about various nutrition and feeding consultants, such as dietitians and lactation consultants, who work to ensure that babies and children with heart conditions receive proper nutrition.

Sports nutrition

Find out what athletes at all levels should eat and drink before, during and after sports and exercise.

Fat in children's food: What you need to know

Fat is an essential part of your child or teen’s diet. Learn why, and how to make sure your child is getting enough of the right kind of fat.

Reading nutrition fact tables and food labels

School-aged children with diabetes

Learn about sharing responsibility for diabetes care with your school-aged child, and the impact diabetes management will have on them.

Eating healthy

About parenteral nutrition (PN)

Parenteral nutrition is liquid nutrition that is given to your child through an intravenous (IV) infusion if their digestive system cannot absorb or tolerate adequate food or fluids by mouth or through a feeding tube to be able to grow and thrive.