[NAEP] New Canada Food Guide serves up fresh healthy eating advice

[Dawn Wiseman]

If you're teaching nutrition, take note - Ottawa unveiled a new food 
guide today.

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Health Canada has overhauled the Canada Food Guide to include more 
culturally diverse foods, information on trans fats, customized 
recommendations and exercise guidelines.

"The new food guide contains more information to help Canadians make 
wise choices about the food they eat," Health Minister Tony Clement 
said at a news conference Monday in Orleans, Ont., noting that this 
is the first time the healthy eating guide has been updated in nearly 
15 years.

Unlike the general portion recommendations in the old food guide, the 
new edition offers detailed suggestions based on age and sex. 
Information on high-calorie foods, sugars and artery-clogging trans 
fats has also been included.
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2007/02/05/food-guide.html


The food guide can be found on the Health Canada web site at
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index_e.html