Virtual Nutrition

 

Welcome!  We have complied some of our favorite nutrition and health videos below and hope you’ll enjoy them too.  We’ll continue to update the list as we discover more interesting and practical videos.

 

Nutrition Videos

What’s the Best Diet? Healthy Eating 101

23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health?

90:10 The Single Most Important Thing You Can Do For Your Stress

The Gate Keeper, The Go Getter, and The Sleepy Executive

A ReThink of the Way we Drink

How to Create a Healthy Plate

How to Make Healthy Food Changes

6 Tips to Mindful Eating

“Tune in” with Intuitive Eating

 Grocery Shopping Tips: What To Buy During A Pandemic  (Seaway Valley Community Health Centre)

How to Know if You’re Actually Hungry (Intuitive Eating)

How to Reject the Diet Mentality & Does Losing Weight Improve Health?

Virtual Grocery Store

Mindful and Intuitive Eating

The Healthy Plate

 

Kitchen Tips and Food Handling Videos

 

Everyday tips for washing vegetables and fruit

How to store fruit to keep them fresh

How to store vegetables to keep them fresh

Simple steps to freeze food right

 

Raising Our Healthy Kids Videos

 

Infants

Breastmilk and other drinks for babies

Iron rich foods for babies

Learning to self feed

Offering a variety of textures to your baby

Responding to baby’s cues

 

PreSchoolers

Eating together

Enjoy more vegetables and fruit

Find out if your child is a healthy eater

Food skills

Healthy drinks healthy kids

 

School Aged Children

Eating together – Role modelling

Enjoy vegetables and fruit for active kids

Enjoying breakfast – Start the habit early

Food skills

Healthy beverages – Choose water

 

Children with ADHD

Low Appetite Due to ADHD

Nutrition Fact Sheet

The ADHD Healthy Diet

 

Children with Autism

Feeding Children with Autism

Food Selection by Colour

Food Selection by Texture

 

Constipation  poop chart’ here too please)

Constipation – 0-12 Months

Constipation – 1 Year and Older

Constipation in Babies and Children

My Poop Chart

 

Fibre

Fibre Facts

 

Low Body Weight

Adding Calories and Protein to Your Child’s Diet

 

Iron

Iron and Your Child

Iron Fortified Infant Cereal Recipes and Finger Foods

Iron Works for Children Too

Iron for Babies and Young Children

Meeting Your Baby’s Iron Needs While Breast or Formula Feeding

 

Portion Control

Size up your food portions

Tips to manage your food portions

 

Home Exercise Resources

Disclaimer:  Exercises shown in the videos may not be appropriate for every patient. Please only perform exercises that you are able to complete safely. Consider completing exercises with a partner and modifying exercises to meet your fitness level (e.g. seated instead of standing).

 

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

  1. VON SMART: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4ep2h-T3yuKzg8-9dbDiUA
  2. YMCA: https://ymca360.org/on-demand#/

 

STRENGTH

  1. 10 min upper body weights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIyzNOirdb8
  2. 15 min lower body weights & balance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6iyYHSsvG0
  3. Strength & Cardio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRDJc1pNGAI

 

BALANCE

  1. Standing balance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWlyVMBteSg
  2. Cardio & balance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6H3WKQ1n-8

 

CARDIO

  1. Beginner standing cardio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afvTMIT_ZTc
  2. Low impact cardio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aViIzXtqi8c
  3. Cardio & balance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6H3WKQ1n-8
  4. Strength & Cardio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRDJc1pNGAI