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	Making the MoveTo Healthy Choices MAKING THE MOVE TO HEALTHY CHOICES TOOLKIT MAKING THE MOVE TO HEALTHY CHOICE PRESENTATION HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES NEWSLETTERS Healthy Food Choices Newsletter - January 2009 Healthy Food Choices Newsletter - February 2009 Healthy Food Choices Newsletter - March 2009 Healthy Food Choices Newsletter - April 2009 Healthy Food Choices Newsletter - May 2009 Healthy Food Choices Newsletter - June 2009 Healthy Food Choices Newsletter - July-Aug 2009 Healthy Food Choices Newsletter - September 2009 Healthy Food Choices Newsletter - January 2010 Healthy Food Choices Newsletter - February 2010 Healthy Food Choices Newsletter - March 2010 Healthy Food Choices Newsletter - April 2010 Healthy Food Choices Newsletter - May 2010 HEALTHY FOODS TASTE TESTING GRANT PROGRAM A good way to trial a new menu item for your canteen is to hold a taste test providing free samples to your customers. A grant of up to $100.00 is available to help facility operators introduce a new menu item in their facility. This grant is available only while funds last. Taste Testing Guidelines & Application For information on the toolkit please email Kris Doull or call 1-800-259-6592. INTRODUCTION Many families in our communities spend countless hours every week in sport/recreation activities – eating meals and snacks at canteens and concessions. This project builds on recent efforts by schools across Manitoba to develop and implement healthy food policies. Incorporating healthy foods and beverages into canteens at recreation facilities, along with educations material, allows the families the option to choose healthier choices. BACKGROUND Children need a combination of healthy nutritious foods and physical activity for optimal growth. Fast foods and convenience foods are easy to access, but many of them are not considered to be healthy foods. Canadians are now getting one-fifth of their calories from the ‘other’ food group, which are the beverages and foods that do not belong to one of the 4 food groups. The number of meals eaten away from home in the last 30 years has doubled. Seven out of ten children do not get the recommended number of servings of vegetables and fruit each day. These trends of unhealthy eating and lower physical activity have led to obesity rates that have tripled since 1981. Eating healthy foods and beverages has been shown to have a beneficial effect on the athlete and their exercise performance, but many canteens do not carry a variety of healthy nutritious food. PURPOSE To provide awareness, education and make available resources to encourage healthy food choices in our communities recreation facilities where families live, learn and play. PLANNING COMMITTEE Westman Recreation Practitioners Association - Bonnie Michaudville & Linda Yablonski Assiniboine Regional Health Authority - Kim Smith, Sandra Smith & Chantel Morais Brandon Regional Health Authority - Susin Cadman MB Healthy Living, Youth & Seniors - Kris Doull FACILITIES TARGETED The campaign will target the following facilities that operate canteens/concessions: • Arenas • Curling Rinks • Indoor & Outdoor Pool • Outdoor sport fields (baseball, soccer, etc) • Youth centres • Community Centres • Bowling Alleys • Ski Hills • Special Events (fairs, festivals, etc.)


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