Toolkit and Resources

About the NutriSTEP® Implementation Toolkit (2015)

The NutriSTEP^® Implementation Toolkit, originally published in 2008, has been replaced by a refreshed version (2015). The Toolkit includes everything you need to plan a nutrition screening program in your community for toddlers and preschoolers. All content can be downloaded free on this website.

• Refer to Download NutriSTEP^® Implementation Toolkit for more information.
• Refer to Acquire a license for more information about the NutriSTEP^® questionnaires.

NutriSTEP® Implementation Toolkit Goals

• To increase knowledge and understanding of the research behind the development of the NutriSTEP^® questionnaires
• To introduce the concept of ethical nutrition risk screening
• To assist with planning and developing a comprehensive NutriSTEP^® implementation plan
• To assist communities and agencies to successfully implement ethical nutrition risk screening for toddlers and preschoolers with NutriSTEP^®

NutriSTEP® Implementation Toolkit Contents

The NutriSTEP® Implementation Toolkit (2015) has been refreshed and includes:

• Information on the development of the NutriSTEP^® Program
• Training and promotional materials
• Implementation scenarios and templates for referral mapping
• Data collection forms and data management information
• Resources (How to Build a Healthy Toddler (2015) How to Build a Healthy Preschooler (2015))

Download NutriSTEP® Implementation Toolkit & Resources

• The NutriSTEP^® Implementation Toolkit includes everything you need to plan a nutrition screening program for toddlers and/or preschoolers in your community, except for the NutriSTEP^® questionnaires that are available with a license. Refer to About the NutriSTEP^® Implementation Toolkit and Acquire a License for more information.
• All users must read and follow the NutriSTEP^® Implementation Toolkit Terms and Conditions of Use
• All contents can be downloaded free of charge:
  • English NutriSTEP^® Implementation Toolkit
  • French NutriSTEP^® Implementation Toolkit

NutriSTEP® Implementation Toolkit Updates and Additions

• All content in the NutriSTEP^® Implementation Toolkit (2015) has been refreshed as of September 2015

Preschool Nutrition Primers for RDs

• The Preschool Nutrition Primers for RDs have been updated! The resources can be found here free of charge.

Other Resources

• How to Build a Healthy Toddler (2015) and How to Build a Healthy Preschooler (2015) are 4-page parent education booklets that have been developed and evaluated by parents to support the NutriSTEP^® questionnaires. Both booklets were revised in 2015.
• The revised (2015) supporting educational booklet, How to Build a Healthy Preschooler is available in English and French.
• The original supporting educational booklet, How to Build a Healthy Preschooler, is available in simplified and traditional Chinese, Punjabi and Vietnamese.
• The revised (2015) supporting educational booklet, How to Build a Healthy Toddler is available in English and French.
• Best Start Resource Centre
• Dietitians of Canada
• In Ontario, call EatRight Ontario at 1-877-510-510-2 or www.Ontario.ca/eatright. EatRight Ontario offers Ontarians free access to a Registered Dietitian, who can provide trusted healthy eating, food and nutrition advice.