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Training Room 3

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HSS1010: Health Services Foundations

Training Room 3: Road Map to Wellness

 

Nutritional Choices

 

People choose particular foods for many different reasons:

  • convenience
  • cultural customs or preferences
  • lack of information regarding food choices
  • based on routine or mood rather than hunger
  • one person in the household does most of the meal planning, shopping, and preparation

“Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide” is a great place for accurate information on healthy eating. Two versions of this guide are available in many languages on the Health Canada website:

 

This is a play button for Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide.

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  • “Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide”
  • “Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide—First Nations, Inuit, and Métis”

Visit the Health Canada website and take “Canada’s Food Guide Guided Tour.” Discover what foods are best for you, learn how much food you need every day, and find out the benefits of eating well and being active every day.

 

This is a play button for Canada's Food Guide Guided Tour.

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This is a photo of a young woman eating berries with chopsticks.

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While on the website, look for other interesting and useful information. Make sure you build and print your own personalized version of the food guide. Enter personal information and select your favourite foods from each food group. Contact your teacher if you need help.

 

course folder

Save your personal copy of My Food Guide as TRR3_My_Food_Guide in your course folder.