At. St. Peter’s Academy, Our Mission is for every child to eat healthy and learn well. We have changed our school lunch menu and have provided healthy breakfast choices for our students each day. Check out the websites below to get tips for healthy living. We support healthy living!!

This website provides information about healthy living. You can test your knowledge with the Go healthy Quiz or try a new recipe. Check out Healthy living to find out what you should be eating, getting active, living smoke free, and how not to get hurt. You can even check out the school food guidelines. You can view the provincial wellness plan and you can read what local celebs have to say about healthy living.

Check out the Western District’s website. It gives the District Nutrition Policy, and other sites where you can learn about healthy living.

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index_e.html

This website provides information about the food guide revision and the history of Canada’s food guide. Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating is designed to help Canadians make wise food choices which will promote health and minimizes the risk of nutrition-related chronic diseases. Useful links can also be found on this website.

BC Dairy Foundation

This website provides a tremendous amount of information about milk. You can find out what nutrients there is in milk, ten reasons why you should drink milk, milk quality, and you can find out if you are getting enough calcium by using the calcium calculator. It even gives information about milk allergies, lactose intolerance, and milk alternatives.

Other Links to Healthy Living

www.outsidethebox.ca

This website includes a booklet with creative approaches to healthy eating, active living and living smoke-free. For example, you can download a fact sheet :20 ways to Live outside the box that focuses on 20ways to reduce time spent watching television.

Interactive Nutrition Label and Quiz

This website aims to aid people in making informed food choices by providing interactive information on how to read and understand food nutrition labels. Website visitors can then test their nutrition label reading skills by taking the interactive nutrition label quiz.

This comprehensive website provides valuable information about nutrition and health through various tools and quizzes such as the eating and activity tracker, the virtual grocery store, and the virtual kitchen. This website also provides nutrition tips, resources, and answers to frequently asked nutrition questions. The "Let’s make a meal!" and "One day @ a time" interactive tools as well as the "Find a dietitian function" provide support for visitors who are improving their eating habits and making the transition to a healthier life.

This website supplies visitors with information regarding Type I and Type II diabetes. What is the difference between Type I and Type II diabetes? How can diabetes be prevented? What is the glycemic index? Visitors can find the answers to these and other questions on this informative website.

This website aims to meet its goal of ensuring that every child in Canada attends school well nourished and ready to learn by providing the ‘‘Eat Right, Be Bright!’’ club which children can join to learn about nutrition and access fun and easy recipes. The website also strives to meet its goal by providing visitors with useful nutrition resources and links to information about nutrition news and policies.

This informative website is a great source of support for people considering becoming a vegetarian by providing valuable information that answers various questions such as: "What is a vegetarian?" "How can I begin my life as a vegetarian?" Vegetarian Society also features up to date information and recipes for experienced vegetarians who are interested in learning more.