TBDHU Blog: Public Health for Thunder Bay District

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Small Changes Toady, Healthier You Tomorrow graphic
by Adena Miller
  • Healthy Eating
  • Physical Activity
  • Workplace Health

At this time of year, we often promise ourselves that we’ll make healthy lifestyle changes. Sometimes, change can be hard! A common reason for not making these changes stick is because it’s just…

Boy being walked to school
by Laura Dennis
  • Immunizations

If you have a young one starting school in 2018 you may be thinking, “How did my baby grow up so fast? Feels like yesterday I was just changing diapers, waking up 5 times a night, making baby food…

New Year's Resolutions 2018
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  • Mental Health
  • Healthy Eating
  • Workplace Health

Making resolutions at the beginning of a new year started about 4,000 years ago when Babylonians resolved to return borrowed items to their neighbour. In later times, Romans made promises to Janus…

3 men cooking a meal together
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  • Healthy Eating

For many people, the holidays are a time of traditions, with a lot of them around food. Baking holiday treats, serving family favourites and gathering for…

Picture of Northern Lights with Quote
by Lynda Fraser
  • Mental Health
  • Workplace Health

It’s an ugly truth. It’s rarely blatant. It can be hard to prove – just as all forms of discrimination are.

Every day people go to jobs where they are expected to put their best foot…

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