nutrition australia

• what is nutrition australia?

  • Non-government, non-profit, community-based organisation that promotes healthy eating in Australia
• objctives of nutrition australia

  • Act as a source of scientific information on key nutrition issues
  • Produce and disseminate material to policy makers, media, educators, food industry and consumers
  • Act as consultants to government departments, food industry and consumer groups as required on issues such as food and nutrition
  • Encourage innovation in the dissemination of nutritional knowledge
• healthy eating advisory service

  • Promotes consumption of healthy food in organisations such as early childhood contres, schools, hospitals and workplaces
  • Provides phone advice to organisations too provide nutrious and cost-effective food and drink choices to the people they serve
  • Assessing and modifying menus to meet the ADG’s
• healthy eating pyramid

  • Food selection model that displays the types and proportions of foods that should be consumed each day as part of a healthy and balanced diet in a pyramid format
• national nutrition week campaign

  • Nutrition Australia coordinates events and produces resources for this event, which runs during the week of 16th of October
  • Provides information, recipes and resources which can be downloaded to support schools, health centres, community fairs and shopping centres