For children cared for over most of the day in long day care or family day care, the food provided during the period from morning tea to afternoon tea needs to meet at least 50% of the child’s nutrition requirements... Read more...

Boondall State School has been working with Nutrition Australia QLD to assist with the development of their fantastic initiative…..the ‘Friday Fresh Menu’.  This is a great program which sees a different style of menu offered each Friday compared to the rest of the week.

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Healthy snacks play an important role in helping children and adolescents meet their nutritional requirements for growth and development and to keep their energy levels up throughout the day. It is difficult for growing children and adolescents to meet their nutritional needs in just 3 meals a day, so in addition to their 3 meals, aim to also include 2-3 snacks daily...  

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Ideally the club canteen menu should be based on the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating.  That involves including: Mostly plant based foods - bread, cereals, rice, pasta, vegetables, fruits and legumes (e.g. beans and lentils), moderate amounts of lean meats, poultry, fish, eggs, nuts, seeds and reduced-fat dairy products or alternatives, polyunsaturated  and monounsaturated fats to replace saturated fat where possible and low salt food choices... Read more...

As part of a Community Partnerships Program Grant from the Queensland Government, Nutrition Australia worked with 3 cricket clubs in the Brisbane North Area to assist in transforming them into health promoting environments.  The project aimed to increase the availability and promotion of healthy food choices for the benefit of the entire club community.  Creating a health promoting sporting canteen is important for promoting health and wellbeing within the club community, ensuring consistency of message particularly to junior competitors and providing choice to consumers... Read more...

A health promoting sporting club is one that actively promotes and models healthy behaviours to its members and the wider community. This can be achieved by creating and maintaining healthy environments, providing consistent messages and opportunities to engage in healthy practices for its members ... Read more...

A health promoting sporting club is one that actively promotes and models healthy behaviours to its members and the wider community.  The health promoting club creates and maintains a healthy environment and provides education and healthy lifestyle messages to its members.  A sporting club generally already provides an environment that encourages healthy physical activity... Read more...

Better Take-Away Choices

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Studies show that people who eat a wide variety of food are healthier, live longer and have reduced risk of developing lifestyle illness. Food choices influence our risk of developing these lifestyle illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes...

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Mood and Foods

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What’s a Serve?

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Sandwiches, wraps and rolls are perfect for the school lunchbox and at home. Try these great tasting fillings...

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Ever wondered why breakfast is the most important meal of the day? This factsheet gives background into breakfast and some very tasty breakfast ideas for home or even the tuckshop/canteen!...

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