Health

BECAUSE WE VALUE HEALTH, WE SUPPORT

• Strategies that ensure all residents, at all times, have physical and economic access to nutritious, safe, personally and culturally appropriate foods.
• Public policy that recognizes food’s contribution to physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional well-being.
• Communities and neighbourhoods that encourage and build adequate transportation links to make healthy food accessible to all, including pedestrians and cyclists.
• Baby Friendly™* policies that protect, promote, and support breastfeeding and the importance of breastmilk as a first food.
• Nutrition education and healthy food choices where our residents live, learn, work and play.

*Baby Friendly™:  The Baby-Friendly Initiative is a UNICEF and World Health Organization accreditation which aims to promote and protect child health through optimal infant feeding practices including protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding, and adherence to the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes.

• Nutrition
  • Let’s Talk Food Literacy –Free Virtual Cooking and Nutrition Series
  • Canada’s Food Guide
  • Unlock Food – Articles and recipes from Registered Dietitians
  • Peterborough Public Health

• Food Safety
  • Quick Videos:
    • How to wash vegetables and fruit
    • How to store your fruits
    • How to store your vegetables
    • Simple steps to freeze food safely

• Healthy Food Environments
  • Bright Bites – Nutrition for Schools
  • Healthy Eating Resources for Childcare Provider

• Research
  • Health in Official Plans: A Toolkit 2018 Submission to the County of Peterborough Official Plan Review, Peterborough Public Health (2018)
  • Health in Official Plans: A Toolkit 2018 Submission to the City of Peterborough Official Plan Review, Peterborough Public Health (2018) 
  • Guiding Principles and Nutrition Suggestions for Community Funded Meals (updated September 2019)

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