Healthy Living

Heart and Stroke Foundation experts have reviewed this section on healthy living. The information is Canadian, current and based on scientific evidence and guidelines. This section can help you learn how to integrate healthy eating, regular physical activity and other healthy habits into your life.

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Healthy Eating

• Basic principles
• Canada's Food Guide 
• Cooking
• Eating out
• Fats, oils, dietary cholesterol
• Eggs 
• Fibre
• Salt
• Snacking
• Sugar 
• Vegetables and fruit
• Vegetarian diet

Physical Activity

• Basic principles
• Adult needs
• Children's and youth's needs
• Heart Walk Work Out
• Seniors' needs
• Tips to get active
• Types and amounts
• Using a pedometer 

Recipes

• Appetizers and snacks
• Breakfasts
• Desserts & baked goods
• Kid-friendly meals
• Main course: fish & seafood
• Main course: meat
• Main course: poultry
• Main course: vegetarian
• Salads
• Soups
• Heart&Stroke cookbooks  

Healthy Living Features

• Healthline articles
• Nutrition columns
• Gardening columns
• Physical Activity columns 

Healthy Weight

• Basic principles
• Assess your weight
• Achieve and maintain a healthy weight
• Healthy Weight Action Plan  
  

Heart and Stroke Position Statements

• Access to Affordable, Healthy and Nutritious Foods
• Air Pollution, Heart Disease and Stroke
• Becoming or Remaining Smoke-free 
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Community Design 
• Dietary Sodium, Heart Disease and Stroke   
• Low carb diets
• Obesity
• Physical Activity, Heart Disease and Stroke 
• Public Access to Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)
• Schools and Nutrition
• Schools and Physical Activity  
• Trans fatty acids

Health Check^TM

• The Heart&Stroke food and restaurant information program
• Shopping and Nutrition Facts Table

He@lthline

• Free Heart&Stroke e-newsletter
• Free Heart&Stroke e-newsletter for parents

Family Health

• Eating together
• Healthy weight in children and youth
• Physical activity needs of children and youth
• Kid-friendly meals
• Your kids and tobacco

Other Resources

• Blood Pressure Action Plan
• Coping with Stress 
• Eat well. Live longer. Simple steps to making healthy choices
• Find reliable health information online 
• Get Active for Life  
• Healthy Habits, Healthy Weights
• Heart-healthy eating guide for your family
• Shaping healthy active communities toolkit
• Taking Control: Reducing Your Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke   
• Your health, your weight: simple steps to making healthy choices