The Citizen, 2004-12-16, Page 26Challenge: Maintaining a healthy weight
Solution: Know what a healthy weight is by checking the "healthy body quiz" at
www.dietitians.ca/eatwell. If you need to lose weight know that short-term diets for
weight loss are not the answer. In most cases, weight is lost initially but regained
along with a few extra pounds. Successful strategies for achieving a healthy
weight include adopting life-long healthy lifestyle habits such as.
• Eating breakfast every day to get energized and prevent hunger attacks which
may lead to overeating or snacking on less nutritious choices later in the day.
• Eating meals treat include a variety of foods from each of the four food groups
in Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating.
Focusing on high fibre foods such as breads, cereals, grain products,
vegetables and fruit, legumes.
• Choosing lower fat foods more often such as lower fat dairy products and
leaner cuts of meat. Removing visible fat from meat and the skin from poultry.
Cutting back on high fat snacks, rich desserts, sauces and gravies, and salad
dressings and spreads.
• Preparing foods with little or no fat and choosing cooking methods such as
baking, braising, broiling, roasting, steaming, microwaving or poaching.
• Including meals featuring meat alternatives such as soy products, legumes
and eggs.
• Combine healthy eating with regular physical activity.
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The 105th Christmas bird count coming soon
Around this time of year most
people are busy shopping and
visiting friends and family. The last
thing on most people's minds is
counting birds.
But part of the holiday tradition
for birders across North America
and parts of Central America is
participating in the annual
Christmas Bird Count.
The Christmas Bjrd Count began
in 1900 when American
ornithologist Frank Chapman asked
birders across North America to go
out on Christmas Day and count the
birds in their hometowns, then
submit the results. He felt this was a
more sustainable activity for bird
,populations than the event called the
'side hunt' when people would shoot
as many birds as possible.
He could not have known that his
idea would create one of the largest
organized birding events in the
world and an important holiday
tradition for more than 50,000
birders.
In 2003 birders participated in
1,996 different bird counts and the
race will be on this year to hold
more than 2,000 bird counts across
North and South America. All help
is welcome and appreciated in local
Christmas Bird Counts.
Both experienced and beginner
birders participate. It is a great
nature activity that you can support
over the holiday season. The results
are invaluable and the more people
in the field the greater chance of
learning about bird life in your area.
Ontario Christmas Bird Counts
are generally organized by a local
nature or conservation group, many
of which are members of the Ontario
Nature Network. The group picks a
day between Dec. 14, and Jan. 5,
determines a 24-km circle and then
gathers volunteer birders to count all
the birds within that circle on the
selected day.
If you are interested in participat-
ing, contact Ontario Nature and they
can put you in touch with a nature
group in your area 1-800-440-2366,
ontarionature.org or
info@ontarionature.org.
The primary objective of the
Christmas Bird Count is to monitor
the status and distribution of bird
populations across the Western
Hemisphere. The information is also
vital 'for conservation efforts. Local
trends in bird populations can
indicate habitat fragmentation or
signal an immediate environmental
threat, such as groundwater
contamination or poisoning from
improper use of pesticides.
Ontario Nature protects and
restores natural habitats through
research, education and
conservation, connecting thousands
of individuals and communities with
nature.
The Ontario Nature Network is a
province-wide network of more than
135 groups that protects Ontario
nature and provides provincial
leadership in parks and protected
areas, land-use planning policies
and conservation science. A strong
commitment and concern for nature
is shared by each group and
demonstrated through their own
activities. To learn more about a
nature group in your area, visit
ontarionature.org or contact Jennifer
Baker, (905) 527-9477 or
jenniferb@ontarionature.org.
Ontario Nature gratefully
acknowledges the financial support
of the Ontario Trillium Foundation,
an agency of the Ministry of
Culture, which annually receives
$100 million of government funding
generated through Ontario's charity
casino initiative.
Friday, December 31, 2004
Belgrave Community Centre
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Sponsored by the Belgrave Kinsmen
Age of Majority Required
Music by DJ
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The Brubachers of Ethel
Crafty eye
Everything from wooden birdhouses, knitted hot plates, books and sweet treats were for sale
at the Memorial Hall in Blyth during the craft show sponsored by the Blyth Legion. Jessie and
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