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One of the new brochures, "Eating Out the Lower Fat Way", gives people suggestions on how to make healther choices when dining out, whether it‘s at a fast lood restaurant or at a fineâ€"dining Health department brochures promote healthy eating "Nowadays, a typical Cana dian spends at least oneâ€"third of the food budget on ealing out and takeâ€"out faod from restaurants," said Mary Ellen Prange, a registered dietitian with the Waterloo Region community health departâ€" ment To assist consumers with making healthier food choices, the Heart Health and Cancer Prevention program of the Waterloo Region community health department is launchâ€" ing a series of brochures called, "Focus on Healthy Eating" The brochures are filled with practical tips on making sensiâ€" ble food choices given today‘s hectic lifestyles. "Aim for gradual improvement of your eating _ habits, not a total overhaul." â€" Mary Ellen Prange, dietitian "Fat continues to be a top concern when it comes to nutrition and health," Prange added. establishment It also lists the fat content of several favorites from selected fast food outlets. The three other brochures also address fat concerns, including how to cook with less fat, how to read food labels, and lists of lower and higher fat food choices from the four food groups in Canada‘s Food Guide to Healthy Eating "Balancing higher fat food choices with lower fat chorces is also an important principle for healthy eating," Prange explained. This means includâ€" ing plenty of vegetables and fruit, legumes and grain prodâ€" ucts â€" that aren‘t highly processed These foods are higher in fiber and are lower in fat and calomes, leaving toom for some higher fat food choices in a meal or for a snack "Aim for gradual improveâ€" ment of your eating habits, not a total overhaul," Prange recâ€" ommended "Making one or two small improvements towards healthy eating that can be maintained over the longâ€" run will have a much greater health benefit than making many changes that are only kept up for a few weeks " The Waterloo Comâ€" munity Arts Centre hosted its annual Tulip Bulb sale Saturâ€" day morning. Those helping out included Sharon â€" Yoskamp (left), coordinator of the sale, and Sandra Weiler, president of the Waterloo Comâ€" munity Arts Centre. Toting tulips Andrea Bailey photo 19