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
• Fibre, whole grains, carbohydrates
• Salt
• Snacking
• 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

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 
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Dietary Sodium, Heart Disease and Stroke 
• Hormone replacement therapy
• Low carb diets
• Obesity
• Physical Activity, Heart Disease and Stroke 
• Public Access to Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)
• Schools and Nutrition
• Schools and Physical Activity
• The Built Environment
• Tobacco
• 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
• Get Your Blood Pressure Under Control
• Healthy Eating Resources
• Healthy Habits, Healthy Weights
• Heart-healthy eating guide for your family
• Living with Cholesterol
• Shaping healthy active communities toolkit
• Taking Control: Reducing Your Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke
• Webcast - 30 tips to eating smarter everywhere
• Your health, your weight: simple steps to making healthy choices