March is Nutrition Month! This year’s theme is Nourish to Flourish. The link between food and personal health cannot be underestimated, and it includes the connection between food and overall wellbeing, mental health, emotional resilience and social connections.

Registered dietitians play a vital role in nutrition guidance that supports the unique needs of NWT residents. Eating a variety of healthy food each day helps to manage weight, prevent illness, and promote overall wellbeing.

This Nutrition Month, practice healthy eating by:

• Planning meals: Being prepared makes healthy eating easier.
• Cooking and eating together: Getting together to cook and eat helps to nurture healthy eating habits that last a lifetime. 
• Shopping wisely: Unhealthy drinks and foods can cost more than you think. Make a shopping list to help you stay focused on buying vegetables (frozen, dried, canned, or fresh), whole grains, dried beans and lentils and lean meats and fish.
• Eating locally: Learn to harvest and prepare local wild game meats, birds, or fish. Try gardening this year to bring more vegetables to your table.

For more information on the “Are You Ready” program, please visit Dietitian Services and Program. For more information on healthy eating and cooking, visit Food and Nutrition.  

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Umesh Sutendra
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Department of Health and Social Services
Government of the Northwest Territories
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(867) 767-9052 ext. 49036