Health Professionals
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Our Registered Dietitians have been making sure British Columbians have all the information they need to eat well for over 40 years. Our evidence-based workshops and resources (like our award-winning Calcium Calculator™), make teaching nutrition easy.
If you’re a Health Professional and want more information on things like our annual nutrition forum, our workshops, or resources, you’re in the right place.
For health professionals, health professional students, and coaches.
For health professionals, health professional students, and coaches.
For health professionals, health professional students, and coaches.
For health professionals, health professional students, and coaches.
Calcium—do your clients get enough?
Most Canadians don’t get enough calcium. In fact, 87% of women between the ages of 19–50 have inadequate calcium intakes.1 But while the benefits of calcium are well-known, did you know that your dietary calcium intake can predict how well you are eating overall?2 Studies have shown that diets low in calcium are also low in many other key nutrients.3
The Calcium Calculator™ is available as a mobile app, an online tool or a print resource.
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Do you eat animal proteins, plant-based proteins, or both? Find out what this means for the quality of your diet and tips for getting what you need each day. Protein is an essential component of our diets that helps to keep us full, build and maintain muscles, and is a key part of many processes […]
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We can’t eat our way out of the climate crisis At BC Dairy Association’s 20th Annual Nutrition Forum, University of California Davis air quality expert and researcher, Dr. Frank Mitloehner emphasized that we can’t eat our way out of the climate crisis. “The notion that a change of our diet would have a drastic impact […]
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Having more family meals at home? Change mealtimes from a struggle to a satisfying event with the division of responsibility. Do you constantly find yourself fighting over meals with your children or cooking different meals to cater to a variety of food preferences in your household? Do mealtimes always seem like a struggle? Figuring out […]
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