Category: Healthy Eating

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Your diet could be harming your child

21/10/2015 Healthy Eating, Help for Parents, Nutrition News

In September this year, a toddler who was double the average weight for her age was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. In an age of increasing childhood diet-related disease,
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What does a week’s healthy lunch box look like?

21/10/2015 GREEN, Healthy Eating, Help for Parents, Lunchbox, Salad, Sandwiches & wraps, Snacks

Below are just a few suggestions on what a healthy lunch box could look like over five days. We're certainly not saying that these are the ultimate lunch box ingredients
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Using funky names to market your canteen menu items

14/09/2015 Canteen Advice, Healthy Eating

How do you sell or market ‘healthy’ to kids when competing with the fast food industry and its marketing power? Studies have shown that giving foods descriptive names can
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Chocolate chip uglies

30/07/2015 Canteen Advice, Canteen recipes, Healthy Eating, Lunchbox, Recipes, Uncategorized

As requested from canteen managers, we've created an AMBER compliant chocolate chip biscuit recipe. Remember, it’s important to ‘select carefully’ AMBER items in your canteen and encourage kids to
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Frozen fruit bites

29/07/2015 Canteen Advice, Canteen recipes, Healthy Eating, Recipes, Snacks

Makes about 14 bites or 1 ice cube tray depending on capacity. Ingredients: 200g reduced fat natural or vanilla yoghurt 150 (1 cup) soft fruit (e.g. mango, peach, berries, banana, passionfruit) Ice cube
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Rainbow veggie wraps

28/07/2015 Canteen recipes, GREEN, Healthy Eating, Help for Parents, Lunchbox, Party food ideas, Recipes, Sandwiches & wraps

GREEN (NSW & ACT) A fun alternative to sandwiches and a great way to get lots of salad into the lunch box. Kids can help choose their fillings - encourage
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Secret veggie sausage rolls

09/07/2015 AMBER, Canteen recipes, Healthy Eating, Hot meals, Party food ideas, Recipes, Snacks

This recipe was adapted by Healthy Kids from an original version submitted by Cherie Rodger at Sawtell Public School. It is AMBER under Fresh Tastes. These sausage rolls are so delicious
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Take action on fussy eaters

26/06/2015 Healthy Eating, Help for Parents

We know that establishing good eating habits in children fuels growth and development, but refusing new food tastes and textures can often leave parents at a loss. Healthy Kids
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20 ways to make your favourite recipes healthier

25/06/2015 Healthy Eating, Help for Parents, Recipes

Update your homemade recipes using these 20 tips to include more of the good stuff and less of the bad. According to government website eatforhealth.gov.au, traditional recipes can often be
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Getting ready-to-eat breakfasts right

01/06/2015 Healthy Eating, Help for Parents, Nutrition News, Product Reviews

Breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day. It is the time kids and adults literally break their overnight fast and give themselves the energy and nutrients
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