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Tools 

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Collectively and individually, we can help foster living environments that facilitate the adoption of healthy lifestyle habits. Here are tools to achieve this.

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FOR SCHOOLS

School is an important living environment for young people. Considering its mission and the number of hours that children spend there every day, it has a shared responsibility with parents for the acquisition of healthy lifestyle habits.

Do you want to make your school more health-friendly? Take action with these resolution templates designed for governance boards.

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Be a school that promotes healthy hydration

Be a school that promotes healthy hydration

The school can become an environment where water is the most accessible and attractive beverage!

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Improve food offerings for special events

Improve food offerings for special events

Stock up on ideas for celebrating special events in a different, healthy way.

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Reward without compromising healthy eating

Reward without compromising healthy eating

Explore winning rewards that are easy to integrate into the school environment.

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Better sharing of responsibility for food

Better sharing of responsibility for food

Encourage the development of a healthy relationship with food.

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Maximize the active potential of recess

Maximize the active potential of recess

Give elementary school students more opportunities to be active.

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Create a healthy, weight-inclusive environment

Create a healthy, weight-inclusive environment

Ensure that fatphobia does not become a barrier to physical activity for young people.

Take action

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I’M THIRSTY FOR HEALTH! CAMPAIGN

The I'm Thirsty for Health campaign aims to promote
healthy hydration by encouraging, normalizing
and promoting water consumption.

Find out more at soifdesante.ca.

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FOR MUNICIPALITIES

In collaboration with its partners, Collectif Vital has developed tools to support municipalities wishing to encourage the adoption of healthy lifestyle habits.

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Prohibit the sale of energy drinks

Prohibit the sale of energy drinks

For exemplary public establishments.

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Control the establishment of fast-food outlets

Control the establishment of fast-food outlets

Prohibit fast food outlets near schools.

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Enable children to play in the street

Enable children to play in the street

Send a positive, welcoming message to families.

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Facilitate citizen agriculture

Facilitate citizen agriculture

Establish community, collective and residential gardens.

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Facilitate access to drinking water

Facilitate access to drinking water

Facilitate access to drinking water in your municipality.

Take action

Prohibit the distribution of energy drinks

Prohibit the distribution of energy drinks

Prohibit the distribution of energy drinks.

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Sugar-free beverage establishments

Sugar-free beverage establishments

Remove sugary drinks from public establishments and events.

Take action

Guide for sports and leisure facilities

Guide for sports and leisure facilities

For installations that promote healthy hydration.

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Get inspired

Looking at municipalities that have already implemented food policies or measures to promote physical activity makes it possible to identify certain challenges, ways to overcome them and conditions for success.

ADOPT A FOOD POLICY

ADOPT A FOOD POLICY

A guide to taking action

Find out how to offer healthy food in your municipality.

IMPLEMENTING STREETS FOR FREE PLAY

IMPLEMENTING STREETS FOR FREE PLAY

The Beloeil experience

Beloeil was the first municipality in Quebec to launch an initiative to allow free play on its streets. Learn more about its successful Dans ma rue, on joue! project.

IMPLEMENTING STREETS FOR FREE PLAY

IMPLEMENTING STREETS FOR FREE PLAY

The Verdun experience

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Verdun borough implemented the Rues de jeu libre project on its territory.

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I’M THIRSTY FOR HEALTH! CAMPAIGN

Designed in partnership with the Lanaudière CISSS
and the Plateau lanaudois intersectoriel,
the J’ai soif de santé dans ma municipalité project aims
to facilitate water consumption in public places.

Find out more at soifdesante.ca/ville.

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Pour des communications saines liées au poids

Intended for health professionals, organization spokespersons or even communications managers, theHealthy weight-related communications toolkit promotes an inclusive and non-stigmatizing discourse with regard to weight. These tools redefine the way in which weight and related issues are addressed in the public space.

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Weight-Positive Communications

Weight-Positive Communications

Deconstruct prejudices about weight-related issues.

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Use weight-positive language

Use weight-positive language

For weight-inclusive and non-stigmatizing language.

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Use weight-positive visuals

Use weight-positive visuals

For weight-inclusive and non-stigmatizing visuals.

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Understanding different target audiences and their vulnerabilities

Understanding different target audiences and their vulnerabilities

Guide the thinking and actions deployed around these audiences.

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Men and weight-related messages

Men and weight-related messages

Understanding realities of men's when it comes to weight-related issues.

Take action

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TO PREVENT FATPHOBIA IN ALL ENVIRONMENTS

Weight-related stigmatization, also known as fatphobia, is a reality in all walks of life, with negative consequences for the health and well-being of those who suffer from it. To deal with it, it is important to better understand this phenomenon in order to intervene more effectively.

The Collectif Vital has developed several tools to deconstruct weight prejudice and combat fatphobia, in order to build a more inclusive and weight-friendly society.

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Fatphobia : A reality in Quebec

Fatphobia : A reality in Quebec

Learn more about the different levels of fatphobia, their manifestations and their impact on people's health and well-being.

ACTING COLLECTIVELY FOR A HEALTHIER AND MORE AND INCLUSIVE MEDICAL ENVIRONMENT

ACTING COLLECTIVELY FOR A HEALTHIER AND MORE AND INCLUSIVE MEDICAL ENVIRONMENT

This information sheet puts forward a number of recommendations for deconstructing weight prejudice and combating fatphobia in the medical profession.

Fatphobia and body image: Tools to intervene better

Fatphobia and body image: Tools to intervene better

“Fatphobia and body image: Tools to intervene better” is a toolbox offered by the Table québécoise sur la saine alimentation that helps promote the development of a positive body image and prevent fatphobia.

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