healthy File List

HEALTHY WEIGHTS FOR HEALTHY KIDS (author : HOUSE OF COMMONS CANADA Standing Committee on Health)

Children who are obese are at increased risk of being overweight or obese as adults. The Committee shares the fears of many experts who predict that today’s children will be the first generation for some time to have poorer health outcomes and a shorter life expectancy than their parents. The health implications of overweight and […]

Happy Mealtimes for Healthy Kids (author : National Food Service Management Institute , The University of Mississippi)

A meal is a planned social interaction centering around food. When mealtimes are happy, everyone benefits. Mealtimes in child care centers should reflect “best practices” in child care. Important child care goals surrounding mealtimes are to help children eat healthy meals today and develop positive eating habits that will last a lifetime

Variety of food and a healthy diet (author : www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au)

Food variety means eating a wide variety of foods from within and across each of the five food
groups, in the amounts recommended. Eating many different foods helps maintain a healthy and
interesting diet that provides adequate nutrition. Eating a variety of foods can help prevent
diseases such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Phalaenopsis (author : American Orchid Society)

Phalaenopsis, the moth orchid, is perhaps the best orchid for growing in the home, and is also a favorite with greenhouse growers. Well-grown plants can flower often, sometimes with a few flowers throughout the year, though the main season is late winter into spring.