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Tips for teachers

Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide helps teach children about healthy eating with the focus on learning about good choices (a Food Guide for First Nations, Inuit and Métis is also available). Avoiding “good” or “bad” food classifications, the lessons teach children about “everyday” foods and “sometimes” foods.
 
Use terms such as “less healthy choices” to talk about foods high in fat, sugar or salt. Encourage students to note how often they eat these foods. Increasing awareness is a first step in improving food choices. The “less healthy choices” should be limited but can be enjoyed at times. What matters most is how people eat on a regular basis. Discuss ideas to make healthy choices from the four food groups at snack time and meals.
 
Children need to learn about the connections between eating well and feeling well. When learning about healthy eating, children need to learn that food gives us energy to work, play and grow. Help students become more familiar with the Nutrition Facts table on food labels and to look for packaged foods that contain less fat, saturated fat, trans fat, sugar and sodium.
 

Source: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php