Healthy Eating: Simple Tips
In the Spaghetti Westerns of the 1970’s, it was easy to tell the good guys from the baddies by the colour of their hats. Nowadays, despite the wealth of information on diet available to us in the media, it’s getting harder to separate the myths from the food facts, and decide what to eat to stay happy and healthy.
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Memberships
Memberships in Healthy Kids SCA confers a range of benefits including:
The Healthy Kids SCA Members Magazine, published quarterly with case-studies of healthy canteens, nutritional information and canteen tips, promotional ideas, food safety and hygiene advice, classroom curriculum, healthy menu ideas, recipes and more.
Healthy Kids SCA Food Expo and Training Day is held annually in Sydney with workshops, cooking demonstrations and samples of Healthy Kids registered products.
Healthy Kids SCA Support Line offering free advice and encouragement about operating a healthy school canteen. Member Fact Sheets developed to assist canteens to operate effectively.
Healthy Kids SCA Buyers Guide, a comprehensive guide of products that have been registered with the ‘Healthy Kids SCA and can be sold in school canteens. The Buyers’ Guide is published annually in January, with a supplement published in July and distributed to most schools across the country.
Healthy Kids SCA Website includes information about operating a healthy and successful school canteen including financial advice, recipes and the “Healthy Kids Occasional Food Calculator”.
Healthy Kids SCA Online Blog provides a forum for canteen managers and parents to discuss canteen issues, lunch boxes and recipes etc.
Healthy Kids Canteen Recognition Awards acknowledge and reward the work undertaken for school communities by canteen managers and volunteers.
Collaborations
Collaboration between Educating NZ and Healthy Kids SCA
The education consultancy group “Educating NZ” is collaborating with Healthy Kids SCA in a New Zealand Ministry of Health funded project to support the implementation of the Food and Beverage Classification System in schools and early childhood education services.
NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy
In response to the 2002 Childhood Obesity Summit, former Premier of New South Wales Bob Carr launched the “Fresh Tastes NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy”. Healthy Kids SCA has become a key partner of the Ministry of Health in developing this plan. The strategy is to develop a taste for healthier foods by promoting and featuring healthier menu options while limiting the availability of less nutritious foods.
There has been a relapse as many school canteens have returned to offering junk food or pupils have started buying fast food outside the school. The association has developed policies intended to counter these trends including a takeover of provision of food in some schools.
References
^ History of the Healthy Kids School Canteen Association, http://www.schoolcanteens.org.au/page/4/history
^ Healthy Kids SCA Staff, http://www.schoolcanteens.org.au/category/12/healthy-kids-staff
^ Healthy Kids SCA Board of Directors, http://www.schoolcanteens.org.au/page/18/board
^ About Us, http://www.schoolcanteens.org.au/about-us
^ Emily Morgan, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Waste in Australia, VicHealth, p. 38, http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/~/media/ResourceCentre/PublicationsandResources/healthy eating/FruitVegConsumptionWaste.ashx
^ Healthy Eating, http://www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/eating/
^ Becoming a Member of Healthy Kids SCA, http://www.schoolcanteens.org.au/page/100/become-a-member
^ Food and Beverage Classification System, http://www.educatingnz.co.nz/portfolio/?client=7
^ Educating NZ (2008). “Collaboration between Educating NZ and Healthy Kids SCA”. http://www.educating.co.nz/services/healthykids/. Retrieved September 1, 2008.
^ NSW Health: Child Obesity (July 15, 2008). “Press Release: Premier launches NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy”. http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/obesity/adult/canteens.html. Retrieved September 1, 2008.
^ Bruce McDougall (June 15, 2009), Health Nazis losing obesity war as pies return to school canteens, The Daily Telegraph, http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25636029-5001021,00.html
External links
Official web site
Categories: Non-profit organisations based in Australia
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