Useful Links

There are excellent sources of support and advice available to help you make lifestyle changes and reach your cholesterol targets. Check your local library for helpful books, talk to a healthcare professional, drop in at a community recreation centre, or contact one of the organizations below.

Blood Pressure Canada
Web: www.hypertension.ca

Canadian Cardiac Rehabilitation Foundation
Web: www.cardiacrehabilitation.ca

Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition (CCFN): http://www.ccfn.ca

Canadian Diabetes Association
Telephone: 1800 BANTING (226-8464)
Web: www.diabetes.ca

Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute
Telephone: (613) 233-5528
Web: www.cflri.ca

Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating
Telephone: contact Health Canada or your local public health department
Web: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca

Canadian Health Network
Web: www.canadian-health-network.ca

The Canadian Lipid Nurse Network (CLNN)
Web: www.lipidnurse.ca

Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living
Telephone (toll-free) to order it: 1-888-334-9769
Web: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca

Diabète Québec (DQ)
Telephone: (514) 259-3422
Telephone (toll free): 1-800- 361-3504
Web: www.diabete.qc.ca

Dietitians of Canada
Telephone: (416) 596-0857
Web: www.dietitians.ca

Health Canada
Telephone: (613) 957-2991
Web: www.hc-sc.gc.ca

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Telephone (toll-free): 1-888-HSF-INFO (473-4636)
Web: www.heartandstroke.ca

Heart and Stroke Blood Pressure Action Plan: http://www.heartandstroke.ca/bp

It's Canada's time to quit smoking
Web: www.itscanadastime.com

National Institute of Nutrition