Nourish Nova Scotia’s Statement on Healthy Eating

Supporting healthy relationships with food and our bodies

Over many months, our Communication Team drafted and refined our statement on healthy eating:

Healthy eating involves a variety of foods that make us feel good and give us energy to do the things we love. There are no good or bad foods. Healthy eating includes sharing food experiences with others. Healthy foods nourish our body, mind, and spirit.

DISCLAIMER:

NNS recognizes that the term “healthy” in relations to food means something different to every individual and group. We provide this statement not to define it for you, but rather to clarify to our audience what we mean when we use the term, and keep it standard across our content.

We understand that not everyone has access to foods they enjoy and consider healthy. We also recognize the term healthy is often used to oppress and stigmatize people, in particular those living in larger bodies, those with disabilities, lower-income folks, and BIPoC individuals. As we listen and learn from a widening variety of groups who have faced healthy or body-related oppression, this statement will evolve.