Raising Our Healthy Kids

Raising Our Healthy Kids is a series of 60-90 second videos with evidence-based health information on the healthy growth and development of children up to 12 years of age. These short snappy videos will help Canadian families' live healthier lives.
The videos were developed for:

  • Parents or soon to be parents, grandparents and guardians
  • Prenatal groups and classes
  • Health care providers who work with parents
  • Teachers - for personal knowledge and classroom use
  • Childcare workers and agencies that provide services to parents of young children
  • Government agencies including public health units/departments
  • Public health units/departments, community health centres and family health
    • teams/primary care centres
  • Medical offices, clinics and waiting areas
  • Trans Canada Trail
  • Parent Link Centres
  • Libraries, recreation and community centres
"(The) messages are short, concise, simple and familiar, enabling us to easily use them in parenting groups”
-Celia Osenton, a parenting group leader in the Calgary region.

All 60 Raising Our Healthy Kids videos are easy to access and download. They can be viewed on the Raising Our Healthy Kids Vimeo site and the topics include: In addition, French versions of the nutrition videos can be found on the Dietitians of CanadaUnLockFood.ca website
  • Nourrissons
    En savoir plus sur l'allaitement maternel, l’introduction des aliments solides et plus encore.
  • Enfants d'âge préscolaire
    En savoir plus sur le rôle de modélisation des comportements alimentaires sains, en évitant les défis alimentaires communes et la création de temps de repas de famille positifs.
  • Enfants d'âge scolaire
    En savoir plus sur la planification des repas, des aliments sains et des choix de boissons et plus encore.
The Raising Our Healthy Kids videos were the vision of Shadow Light Productions and Kay Watson-Jarvis. The video content was developed by a multi-stakeholder group including Dietitians of Canada, Alberta Health Services and Canada Research Chair in Food Marketing, Policy and Children's Health, Dr. Charlene Elliott, with input from physicians and community stakeholders across Canada. The content of the videos is consistent with messages from Health Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada, Alberta Health Services, and nutrition messages are consistent with PEN: Practice-based Evidence in Nutrition®.

The videos were produced by Shadow Light Productions in 2016 with principal funding from the Calgary Health Foundation and the English versions refreshed in 2025. Financial support for French translations was provided by EatRight Ontario.

Special Thanks to...

Please direct inquiries to:

Social@Dietitians.ca

Shadow Light Productions