Resources

You can use these resources for free, as long as you don’t change them and don’t use them to make money: 

• Child Care Menu Planning - Practical Guide | French
• Paint Your Plate with Vegetables and Fruit - A Toolkit for Ontario Child Care Providers | French
• Sample Policies in Child Care Settings
• Responsive Feeding in Child Care 

Training

Registered Dietitians teach childcare staff about eating well and how to plan meals. More details coming soon!  

School Food & Beverage Policy

Nutrition staff help schools follow the PPM 150 Food Beverage policy from the Ministry of Education. If you want to see which foods are allowed, or if a restaurant wants to add their foods to the list, talk to your school principal. 

Resources:

• Lambton Kent District School Board
• St Clair Catholic District School Board

Curriculum Resources

Supportive Nutrition Environments

We help students learn to eat well and feel good about their bodies. We work with teachers to talk about food and health in a way that is kind and welcoming to everyone. We support all body sizes and different ways people eat. We also give teachers useful tools to help in the classroom. This helps students learn about food and why people make different food choices. 

Resources:

• Mental Health and Weight Bias in Schools | French
• Nurturing Healthy Eaters in Elementary School | French
• Nurturing Healthy Eaters in Secondary Schools
• Creating a Positive Food Environment in Schools | French
• Teaching Canada's Food Guide: A Toolkit for Educators

Promoting Positive Body Image & Self-Esteem 

It is important that kids feel good in their bodies. When kids feel good about themselves, they feel happy and confident. Having fun moving their bodies and eating healthy foods helps. Support from others also helps them feel even better. 

Resources: 

• NEDIC Beyond Images. Curriculum for students in grades 4-8 to explore body image, self-esteem, and media messaging, while developing critical thinking skills. 
• Promoting Positive Body Image: A Resource for Educators - Jessie's Legacy. This resource provides guidance to address weight-based bullying and teaching tools to promote positive body image. 

Bright Bites

Bright Bites is a website available in French and English. It helps teachers teach healthy eating in schools. It gives lesson plans, activities, and resources to use in the classroom.  

It includes information about: 

• Food programs for students 
• Growing food in school gardens 
• Fundraising with healthy choices 
• Lunch programs  
• And more 

Training Resources

Promoting Positive Body Image in the Classroom

• Promoting Positive Body Image in the Classroom (PDF) | French
• Promoting Positive Body Image in the Classroom (PowerPoint)

Teaching Food & Nutrition in the Classroom

• Teaching Food & Nutrition in the Classroom (PDF) | French 
• Teaching Food & Nutrition in the Classroom (PowerPoint) 

Guidelines for School Staff

• Guidelines for School Staff: Helping a Student with a Suspected Eating Disorder (PDF) | French 

Training Feedback

We want to hear from you! Take a quick survey and tell us what you think about our training sessions on promoting positive body image and teaching food and nutrition in schools. Your feedback helps us make our education sessions even better.

Emergency Food Access

People in the community can get food quickly from different organizations. Please visit the Municipality of Chatham-Kent's Food Resources site to find emergency food help in Chatham-Kent. 

CK Food Policy Council

The CK Food Policy Council is a committee under CK Public Health's Board of Health. The CK Food Policy Council works to make key policies and help our local food system.