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Alyssa

Nutrition Seminars

Individual Counselling

Family Counselling

  • Increase the energy of your staff through lunch and learn seminars,
  • Optimize the athletic performance of your team through sport-specific nutrition seminars,
  • It’s time to fuel your body better!
  • Prepare yourself for upcoming competitions, races, tournaments, and varsity training camp,
  • Achieve weight loss goals.
  • Learn to fill your home with healthy foods and how to prepare meals that will please the entire family,
  • Achieve a healthy lifestyle for yourself and your family.

Upcoming Sessions

Nutrition on the Run: January 17, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Location: Centennial H.S.

Quick Meals for Busy Lives: January 24, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Location: Centennial H.S.

Nutritionist's Guide to the Grocery Store: February 28th, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Location: Centennial H.S.

News

2011: Alyssa delivered nutrition seminars on a variety of topics to the City of Guelph staff while keeping up with her classroom sessions.
She’s been teaching:
-parents and staff at primary schools how to pack healthy lunches,
-high school students how to read nutrition labels and eat for exercise,
-athletes how to time their meals and snacks so that they can perform to the best of their abilities,
-adults how to prepare quick and nutritious meals and snacks to keep them fuelled throughout their busy workdays.

Alyssa’s clients have provided positive feedback after completing grocery store tours. A one hour session helps participants to understand labels and compare products to ensure that the healthiest options end up in their cart.

Currently, Alyssa is developing a new course. She’s taught you how to read nutrition labels but you’re still not comfortable tackling a new recipe (or how to find recipes that are actually healthy!) Alyssa will come to your home and teach you to make healthy meals. More information? info@backpacknutrition.ca

Past Dates:

2010 - Alyssa has been working with one-on-one clients helping them achieve their fitness and weight loss goals. Alyssa has also been busy in the classroom, teaching nutrition seminars to high school students. This year, Grade Nine and Ten students participated in hands on activities which led them to a better understanding of how to read nutrition labels and how much "bad" fat, sugar, and sodium are in some of the fast foods they love...make that used to love. Grade Eleven and Twelve students learned how to keep their blood sugar stable throughout their busy school day and how to eat for exercise.

November 13, 2009 - Alyssa will be presenting seven Nutrition Seminars for the second annual "Girls Powerfit Day" at Jacob Hespeler Secondary School in Cambridge, ON. Over 400 female students from 10 schools in the Waterloo region will participate in a variety of activities ranging from yoga, to boot camp, to boxing. This event is supported by the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA), supported financially by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Their goal is to motivate students to incorporate physical activity into their lifestyle to produce healthier, more active young people and adults.

Alyssa's nutrition seminar will provide students with tips on how to eat for exercise. The session will focus on timing of meals and snacks in order to aid in pre-game/practice digestion and post-workout recovery.

October 1st, 2009 - Alyssa will be giving three nutrition workshops for the students at King George Public School in Guelph, Ontario at an event called Day for Knights. The event is designed to empower students and boost their confidence. Students will learn to make healthier food choices and have the opportunity to try out a new sport. Backpack Nutrition is proud to be a part of this special day. The event will kick off with a healthy breakfast in the gym. Tune in to Magic 106.1 on October 1st where Kevin Kelly will be broadcasting the morning show live from King George Public School.

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Backpack Nutrition offers nutritional training to youth and adults. Seminars are available for teams, groups, and corporations. Individual training is also available.

Alyssa Foulkes, M.Sc., Sport Nutritionist is an energetic and enthusiastic educator. A former varsity athlete, Alyssa understands the nutritional demands of high performance athletes.