Stay Active And Eat Like A Champion, At School Too! Twelve Schools Continue Their Work Thanks To The Coeur Et Berlingot Awards

Main Category: Nutrition / Diet
Article Date: 20 Mar 2009 - 3:00 PDT

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Registered Dietitians at Dairy Farmers of Canada and The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Québec, in collaboration with Dietitians of Canada and the Fédération québécoise du sport étudiant, have granted Coeur et berlingot Awards to twelve schools across Quebec. Worth $200 each and awarded as part of Nutrition Month, these grants aim to help schools carry out a project that will encourage young people to eat healthfully and stay active.

Each project was selected based on how it emphasized the pleasure of moving and eating vegetables, fruit and milk products. The recipients of the Coeur et berlingot Awards are:

- Buckingham Elementary School (Western Quebec S.B.) - Project: Spaghetti Garden Project
- École Coursol (C.S. de Laval) - Project: À l'école Coursol, ça marche!
- École du Papillon-Bleu (C.S. des Trois-Lacs) - Project: Les Défis d'Amos d'aragon
- École Gérard-Raymond (C.S. du Fleuve-et-des-Lacs) - Project: Projet-Santé
- École Les Pélerins (C.S. Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup) - Project: Je mange, je bouge, je vis
- École Champlain (C.S. de la région de Sherbrooke) - Project: Le Grand Pique-Nique Santé!
- École Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus (C.S. des Samares) - Project: Au Jeu Parents et Enfants
- École Lionel-Groulx (C.S. des Affluents) - Project: Création d'un livre de recettes collectif agrémenté de capsules santé
- École Girouard (C.S. Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles) - Project: Rallye santé
- École Ami-Soleil (C.S. des Samares) - Project: Cuisinons et skions
- École Arsaniq (C.S. Kativik) - Project: Mamartuq Marialuq (Hum! C'est très très bon!)
- École Saint-Charles (C.S. des Affluents) - Project: Habiletés sociales et hockey Cosom

"The entire community must take action to help kids develop a healthy lifestyle," said Julie Paquette, Assistant Director - Nutrition for the Dairy Farmers of Canada. "As an environment where kids learn to make choices, schools can make a significant contribution to young people's health. We received more than a hundred submissions from schools with motivating and stimulating projects that encourage students to stay active and eat healthfully. It is important that we encourage their initiatives."

Recent statistics show that young people's nutrition and activity levels need to be improved (report from the Institut de la statistique du Québec, L'alimentation des jeunes québécois : un premier tour de table). Indeed, more than one quarter of children do not move enough, and they do not consume enough vegetables, fruit or milk products to meet their nutritional needs.

This is the third edition of the Coeur et berlingot Awards, which is an initiative of Registered Dietitians at Dairy Farmers of Canada and The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Québec, in collaboration with Dietitians of Canada and the Fédération québécoise du sport étudiant.

About the Dairy Farmers of Canada

The Dairy Farmers of Canada participate in many initiatives to promote nutrition and healthy eating. Registered Dietitians at Dairy Farmers of Canada are committed to understanding the science of nutrition and education and to communicating this knowledge through effective and innovative resources. The Dairy Farmers of Canada are funded entirely by dairy farmers.

About The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Québec

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Québec is the only heart health organization that supports both research and prevention initiatives across Quebec. To improve the quality of life for future generations, the Foundation emphasizes the importance of a healthy lifestyle, such as eating well and being active starting from school age. The Foundation is present in a number of schools in the province through its three youth programs: On the Road to a Happy Heart, Jump Rope for Heart, and Hoops for Heart, which aim to reinforce a good lifestyle in primary and secondary school children. For more information about our programs and a healthy lifestyle, visit http://www.fmcoeur.qc.ca.

About the Fédération québécoise du sport étudiant

By using sports as a lever for health and education, the Fédération québécoise du sport étudiant supports and encourages the promotion of a healthy lifestyle in young people through a number of programs and activities. For example, schools are invited to become ISO-ACTIVE certified and to participate in the "Moi J'croque" challenge. The ISO-ACTIVE program recognizes schools that work to promote healthy eating, physical activity and non-smoking, while the "Moi J'croque" challenge invites all primary school children to eat five servings of fruit and vegetables a day for five days. A number of other programs are also available. For more information, visit http://www.sportetudiant.com.

About Dietitians of Canada

Dietitians of Canada represents almost 6,000 dietitians across Canada and is committed to advancing the health and well-being of consumers through food and nutrition. For trusted information on nutrition and healthy eating and to register to receive DC's regular nutrition updates, visit Dietitians of Canada website at http://www.dietitians.ca.

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Dietitians of Canada