Library Guides: Health, Wellness & Fitness: Websites

Wellness & Nutrition Resources

2024 Children & Youth Report Card (PDF 12MB)
The ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth is the most comprehensive assessment of child and youth physical activity in Canada. It synthesizes data from multiple sources, including the best available peer-reviewed research, to assign evidence-informed grades across 14 indicators.
Healthy Workplaces
This website brings together information, tools and resources to help employers, workers and practitioners participate in making their workplaces healthy and safe.
Occupational Health
Source: Health Canada, Environmental and Workplace Health
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
Provides an invaluable record of the scientific research currently being undertaken, contributing to 'the scientific study of nutrition and its application to the maintenance of human and animal health. Coverage: 1944 - present
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Publishes the latest clinical studies relevant to human nutrition in topics such as obesity, vitamins and minerals, nutrition and disease, and energy metabolism. Coverage: 1996 - present (Full Text Delay: 1 year)
Alive: Canada's Natural Health & Wellness Magazine
Canada’s recognized leader in the field of health and wellness.
Nutrition Action Healthletter
Published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Articles aimed at improving health and nutrition policies.
Total Health
Deals with health, covering body, mind and spirit. Emphasis on fitness, nutrition, skin and body care, mental an emotional health, a true preventive health care lifestyle magazine

Fittness & Sport Resources

Mayo Clinic - Fitness Basics
40 Fitness Videos available at Mayo Clinic online.
WebMD Videos
Videos on a variety of topics related to health and fitness.
Nutrition and Healthy Eating Canada
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute
CFLRI is a national research agency concerned with educating Canadians about the importance of leading healthy, active lifestyles.
Canadian Association for Sport Heritage
A national association of institutions, organizations, and individuals dedicated to the preservation of Canada’s rich sports heritage.
American Council on Exercise: Exercise Library
Descriptions of exercises with photos. Provides information about muscles required for the movement.
Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES)
This group is committed to working collaboratively to activate a values-based and principle-driven sport system; protecting the integrity of sport from the negative forces of doping and other unethical threats; and advocating for sport that is fair, safe and open to everyone.
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise