For Health Professionals,
Resources for Health Professionals

• Getting Started Plan

  This checklist aims to help families get started with scheduling family meals.

• Forum: Modern Psychology of Meals

  On April 29, 2009, BC Dairy Association hosted a forum for health professionals, educators and the school community to share the exciting research findings on why modern families eat or don’t eat together. The research unveils the psychological drivers of family eating behaviour, the types of meals we eat and why, and the implications for society, family, food and fun.

• Status of Family Meals

  This document comes from Dietitians of Canada’s Practice-Based Evidence in Nutrition (PEN) tool, where a summary of the key evidence regarding eating together is available. It can be accessed through the Eating Together Knowledge Pathway.

  
  The Knowledge Pathway includes a list of research articles on the topic. To learn more about PEN and how to subscribe to PEN, click here.

• Eating Healthy on a Budget

  Native Youth Health Initiative