LINKS

There is a wealth of information available on the internet on every subject imaginable. However, wading through the multitude of web sites to find useful information can be frustrating and time consuming. Listed below are some web sites related to healthy living that Westman Healthy Lifestyle coalition members frequent.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LINKS

Manitoba Healthy Living
Healthy living is about creating conditions and supporting behaviours that promote the best possible health for everyone.  It includes the actions taken by individuals, families, communities, governments, businesses and other organizations that assist us all to lead healthier lives.   This includes individual decisions we make to eat healthy, be physically active, and avoid harmful substances or activities.  It includes actions taken by all of us together to create supportive environments.  These could include safe and healthy homes, meaningful employment and healthier working conditions, community and building design that promotes physical activity, smoke-free public spaces, and access to nutritious and safe foods.

Get Moving Manitoba
GET MOVING MANITOBA is all about helping you get more active - by encouraging you to make a personal lifestyle pledge to engage in regular physical activity.

Health in Common
Health in Common enhances capacity for initiatives that support healthy living by: making tools and resources easily accessible; improving communication between non-government, government and private sector groups and organizations; creating opportunities for groups and organizations to work together; and enhancing capacity for evaluation.  Creating healthy places for healthy people to live is not something the health system can do on its own. The public and private sectors, non-government organizations, industry, schools, communities, families and individuals all have a role to play.

Manitoba in motion
In motion is a provincial strategy to help all Manitobans make physical activity part of their daily lives for health and enjoyment. Our vision is to make Manitobans healthier by increasing physical activity in the province by 10 per cent by the year 2010.

Healthy Living - Health Canada
This web site features information on Health Canada.   In this section, you'll find information to help you make informed choices about your health in areas such as healthy eating, physical activity, pregnancy, mental health and sexual and reproductive health.

Manitoba Fitness Council
The Manitoba Fitness Council Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting quality in fitness leadership in order to provide Manitobans with safe, effective and enjoyable physical activity programs.

Alliance for the Prevention of Chronic Disease
The Alliance is comprised of six voluntary health organizations who have joined together to support an integrated approach to preventing chronic disease and promoting health among Manitobans.  They are: Canadian Cancer Society, Manitoba Division, Canadian Diabetes Association, Manitoba Region, Cancer Care Manitoba, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba, Manitoba Lung Association and the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Manitoba Branch

Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute
The mission of the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute is to enhance the well-being of Canadians through research and communication of information about physically active lifestyles to the public and private sectors.  The Institute takes an integrated approach to understanding active living and strives to address fitness issues from the complementary perspectives of the health professions, the sociological and psychological sciences, and the physiological and biological sciences.

Canadian Health Network
CHN is a national, non-profit, bilingual web-based health information service. CHN's goal is to help Canadians find the information they're looking for on how to stay healthy and prevent disease. CHN does this through a unique collaboration - one of the most dynamic and comprehensive networks anywhere in the world. This network of health information providers includes the Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada and national and provincial/territorial non-profit organizations, as well as universities, hospitals, libraries and community organizations.

Population Health Approach - Public Health Agency of Canada
Population health is an approach to health that aims to improve the health of the entire population and to reduce health inequities among population groups. In order to reach these objectives, it looks at and acts upon the broad range of factors and conditions that have a strong influence on our health.

NUTRITION LINKS

Dieticians of Canada
The Dietitians of Canada is an association of food and nutrition professionals committed to the health and well-being of Canadians. This web site contains information on promoting health through food and nutrition.