Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) is committed to assisting health care providers to incorporate healthy eating and active living into their practice, while reducing weight bias.
This section features:
- Evidence informed resources and nutrition screens for your clients
- Evidence informed resources and nutrition screens for you
- Guidance for healthy approaches to addressing physical activity, healthy eating and weight with your clients.
Nutrition resources for health care providers
Access a Registered Dietitian
- To speak to a Registered Dietitian, call Telehealth Ontario at 1-866-797-0000
Nutri-eSTEP® online nutrition screening
Nutri-eSTEP® and Nutri-eSCREEN® provide nutrition screening for toddlers, preschoolers and older adults. Fill out the online survey to find out what is going well and where there is room for improvement.
Resources and information
- Canada’s Food Guide - healthy eating guidelines, recommendations, resources and recipes
- Dietitians of Canada - nutrition resources and education for professionals
- Food and Eating for Every Life Stage - information and resources for eating healthy at all ages
- Helping Canadians Maintain and Improve Their Health - guidance documents, practical tips and tools for health care professionals, along with practical tips and tools
- Local Food Programs and Services - a list of local food programs and services available in Oxford, Elgin and the City of St. Thomas
- Pregnancy Weight Gain Calculator
- Reducing Weight Bias - resources to help promote body confidence and overall health without focusing on weight
- Unlock Food - information and advice from Registered Dietitians