Nutrition

York Region provides resources as well as consultation, training and ongoing support to help residents become more food literate which includes learning new food skills, and planning and preparing healthy meals.

Information about healthy eating when planning for pregnancy, during pregnancy and when baby has arrived.

Feeding your baby is the start of their relationship with food and eating. Find out how to help your baby learn healthy eating habits right from the start.

York Region is involved in a variety of programs and partnerships to improve food access, strengthen our local food system, improve the environment as well as affect food insecurity which negatively impacts the physical and mental health of children, youth and adults. 

Serving nutritious meals to infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children provides them with the necessary nourishment and energy to live a healthy life. The foods you choose to serve to children help them form lifelong healthy eating habits.

Nutrition programs for schools provide services and resources to assist elementary and secondary schools in creating a healthy nutrition environment.

Nutrition Works is a healthy eating program that focuses on improving nutritional health for workplaces in York Region.