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A Healthier Future Starts With Our Kids
Kidzy empowers families with the knowledge, resources, and support they need to build healthier habits today, while advocating for a healthier world for every child tomorrow.
The gap we close
Raising Healthy Kids Shouldn’t Be So Hard
Many families today face significant barriers to healthy living. Busy schedules, confusing nutrition information, and limited access to healthy opportunities make it difficult to build sustainable habits.
We believe healthy childhood development is about progress, not perfection. Kidzy is here to bridge the gap between families wanting to make healthier choices and the resources needed to make those choices possible.
What we do
Our Mission
To empower families with the knowledge and support they need to build healthier habits today, while advocating for a healthier world for every child tomorrow.
Resources
Practical tools, guides, activities, recipes, and educational materials designed for real families.
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Coaching
Built around the week your family actually has — food, movement and routine, one change at a time.
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Workshops
Workshops in schools, seminars for coaches and teachers, and cooking nights for whole families. In person around Ottawa.
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At home
What Healthy Looks Like at Home
Not a plan to follow. Four small things that already fit in your week.
Food with joy
Cook what your family already loves. Add one more colour to the plate. That counts.
Play that teaches
Twenty minutes around the living room is still moving. Move in ways that feel good.
Rest that restores
A bedtime that actually happens beats a perfect routine that never does.
Every family belongs
Your traditions are part of the solution. Nothing here asks you to trade them away.
Healthy looks different in every family.
Every family has its own foods, traditions and routines. We believe healthy habits can build on them, not replace them.
Every Child Deserves the Opportunity to Grow Up Healthy
Let’s make that future possible — together. Join our movement to empower families and advocate for a healthier world for every child.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
The things families ask us most, answered plainly.
What exactly does Kidzy do?
Kidzy helps families build healthier habits — around food, activity, sleep and screen time — through counselling, practical resources and advocacy for healthier environments for kids.
Is this a diet program?
No. Kidzy doesn’t do diets, restriction, or meal plans your family has to follow. The focus is small, sustainable changes that fit the life you already have.
Do you weigh or measure my child?
No. Kidzy isn’t about weight or appearance. It’s about habits, energy, confidence, and helping healthy choices become easier at home.
What ages is this for?
Children roughly 5 to 14, and the parents and caregivers raising them.
Is it online or in person?
Both. You can work with Kidzy entirely online from anywhere in Canada, or in person in Ottawa.
Where are you based?
Kidzy is based in Ottawa at 2487 Kaladar Ave, K1V 8B9. In-person sessions run from there, and online programs are open to families across Canada.
Do I have to change our cultural food?
Never. Your food traditions are part of the solution, not the problem. Kidzy works with what your family already eats and already loves — nothing gets swapped for something that isn’t yours.
What if my child is a really picky eater?
That’s one of the most common reasons families come to Kidzy. The approach is gradual and pressure-free, and it works with what your child already accepts rather than fighting over the dinner table.
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