Nutrition Month

EVENTS – MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

Mark your calendar to "Build a Healthy Breakfast", participate in the "Ask a Dietitian" Virtual Lunch & Learn Series and the PSP Health Promotion in-person workshops!

• Kickoff event - Build a Healthy Breakfast

  BUILD A HEALTHY BREAKFAST - NOURISH TO FLOURISH

  Join the PSP Health Promotion Team and the CFSG (O-G) Command Team to kick off Nutrition Month with a "Build a Healthy Breakfast" activity. Stop by to create your FREE breakfast using Canada’s Food Guide plate. Start your day off by choosing foods that NOURISH your mind and body so you can FLOURISH.  
  
  When: 5 March, 2025 
  Time: 0730-0900 hrs.  
  Where: NDHQ (Carling) Bldg 5 – Rotunda (Starbucks area) 
• Virtual Lunch and Learns

  Join PSP Health Promotion to learn how to “Nourish to Flourish” with a series of virtual “Ask a Dietitian: Q & A” Lunch and Learns throughout the month of March. Don't miss this opportunity to have your questions answered by our local experts! Sessions will be in English but Wordly will be used for instant translation. Send in your questions ahead of time to [email protected].

  7 MARCH - ASK A DIETITIAN: 1200-1300 HRS
  NOURISH TO FLOURISH WITH CHRISTINE TARDIF, RD AND PAMELA HATTON, RD

  Nourish to Flourish! Join Registered Dietitians Christine Tardif and Pamela Hatton for a virtual Q&A on healthy eating patterns including meal planning, cost-effective meals, food labels, guidelines, and chronic disease prevention (prediabetes, hypertension, heart health, etc.).  
  
  Send in your questions ahead of time to [email protected] by EOD on 4 March.

  20 MARCH - ASK A DIETITIAN: 1200-1300 HRS
  WOMEN'S WELLNESS WITH  CHRISTINE TARDIF, RD

  Nourish to Flourish! Join Registered Dietitian Christine Tardif for a virtual Q&A on nutrition specific to women's wellness including pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause and postmenopause. 
  
  Send in your questions ahead of time to [email protected] by EOD on 17 March.

  26 MARCH - ASK A DIETITIAN: 1200-1300 HRS
  MILITARY FEEDING AND SPORTS NUTRITION WITH ASHEY CHARLEBOIS, RD AND HEIDI BOILARD, RD 

  Nourish to Flourish! Join Registered Dietitians Ashley Charlebois and Heidi Boilard for a virtual Q&A on sports nutrition including meeting energy requirements, fueling before/during/after training, dietary supplements, gut health and military feeding.  
  
  Send in your questions ahead of time to [email protected] by EOD on 21 March.

  28 MARCH ASK A DIETITIAN: 1200-1300 HRS
  SPORTS NUTRITION WITH ASHLEY ARMSTRONG, RD, MSC, CEP, CSSD  

  Nourish to Flourish! Join Registered Dietitian Ashley Armstrong for a virtual Q&A on sports nutrition including brain and soft tissue injury recovery and protection, proper hydration, and low energy availability/relative energy deficiency in military (RED-M).  
  
  Send in your questions ahead of time to [email protected] by EOD on 25 March.
  
  Register

• In-Person Nutritional Wellness Workshops

  19 March, The Essential Nutrition Course, English
  0830 – 1600 hrs
  NDHQ (Carling) 
  
  This course is an interactive workshop that provides you with practical ways to develop healthy eating patterns to improve your health and wellbeing. We will cover topics such as label reading, stretching your food dollar, tips for easy meal planning, recipes and much more!  
  
  25 March, Healthy Eating for Busy Families, English
  1800 – 2000 hrs
  Uplands Military Community Centre
  *Reserved for CAF members and their family members  
  
  Join PSP Health Promotion for a 2-hour skill-building workshop that will provide you with information to help you create healthy eating patterns. We will cover a variety of topics such as: healthy eating using Canada’s Food Guide, food labels, meal and snack planning for home, school or work, review tips for eating on the run and more! 
  
  Make it a date night or take some well-deserved “me-time” with complimentary dinner and free childcare while you learn. 
  
  Register