Getting Started :  Discuss your plans with other key personnel within the club, place all resources in a folder to keep in the canteen so that information is available in the future and assess your current canteen menu. Nutrition Australia Qld’s Health Promotion questionnaire may be useful... Read more...

Dehydration is a common problem among active people who play outdoor sports.  

You cannot train your body to get used to dehydration.  Fluid losses of just 2% can impair performance, endurance, recovery, concentration, co-ordination, skill and decision making.  You will not necessarily feel thirsty at this point. You cannot always rely on thirst as an accurate gauge of your fluid needs, especially in hot and humid conditions...

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There is more to a health promoting canteen than just providing nutritious options.  Simply providing these options does not necessarily mean they are chosen, purchased and eaten by customers.  Therefore strategies to promote the sale of nutritious items are important...

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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...