Employee Well-Being: Nutrition Resources
March is Nutrition Month
Dietitians want you to enjoy your food! Eat in a way that works with your culture and traditions, preferences and nutritional needs. Here are 15 new recipes available in a
free e-book for Nutrition Month developed by the Dietitians of Canada to meet your nutritional needs and delight your tastebuds!
Download the free e-book
Visit Dietitians of Canada for more info
Want to up your game in the kitchen? Learn how to cook like a pro: McMaster Class is an exciting series of engaging online cooking class episodes, designed and instructed by McMaster’s own Executive Chef, Paul Hoag!
Visit the McMaster Class website to view episodes and get inspired!
You may be familiar with Canada’s Food Guide, but have you ever wondered about food guides around the world? This document from CBC News, shows many food guides from around the world, including countries such as China, Japan, Sweden, Brazil, Spain and more. Take a look and see how food guides vary, and the unique ways countries present the information. Also, take a look at the updated Canadian Food Guide with resources for Indigenous peoples.
Food guides around the world
Healthy eating and food safety for Indigenous peoples
In this TED talk, Rob Cooke, a financial planner with Wells-Fargo, “does an amazing job of illustrating how workplace stress can create cyclical patterns that perpetual poor health and bad nutrition, and how these factors compound themselves to create more stress, decreased productivity, and ultimately a tremendous detriment to the economy.”
Watch the TED talk from Rob Cooke
Over 13,000 people in Hamilton, including 5,000 children need a food bank every month. Donations are needed to help source and supply food to the organizations serving people in need. There are many organizations and resources in and around the Greater Hamilton Area. Please take a look at this list to find food bank and pantry services in your area.
Hamilton Food Share provides 3.35 million pounds of food a year to 12 food banks and hot meal programs serving Hamilton and surrounding areas.