Projects and campaigns – Nutrition Australia https://nutritionaustralia.org To inspire and empower healthy eating for all Australians Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:25:07 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.2 https://nutritionaustralia.org/app/uploads/2015/11/NA-pyramid-150px-100x100.jpg Projects and campaigns – Nutrition Australia https://nutritionaustralia.org 32 32 The Fruit & Vegetable Consortium https://nutritionaustralia.org/projects-campaigns/thefvc/ Mon, 06 Dec 2021 01:33:24 +0000 https://nutritionaustralia.org/?p=42101 The Consortium was formed in response to the alarmingly low rates of fruit and vegetable consumption in Australia. Just half of Australian adults – and two thirds of children – have an adequate daily intake of fruit. When it comes to vegetables, only seven per cent of adults and five per cent of children meet the recommended guideline for daily vegetable intake. We are working alongside other...

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]]> VegKIT https://nutritionaustralia.org/projects-campaigns/vegkit/ Sun, 05 Dec 2021 23:39:46 +0000 https://nutritionaustralia.org/?p=42453 Results from consecutive Australian Health Surveys show children are not consuming enough vegetables. In fact, only 6% of children aged 2-17 years of age eat the recommended amount. Establishing healthy eating patterns as a child is essential to forming good dietary habits that help prevent negative health outcomes during childhood and later in life. VegKIT is a comprehensive toolkit for educators...

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]]> National Nutrition Week https://nutritionaustralia.org/projects-campaigns/national-nutrition-week/ Fri, 05 Nov 2021 00:59:29 +0000 https://nutritionaustralia.org/?p=42141 Try For 5 aims to inspire Australians to enjoy vegetables through highlighting the fun and creative ways Australians can incorporate veg into their day. With only 7% of adults and 5% of children eat the recommended serves of vegetables each day, Nutrition Australia created the campaign to raise awareness of the benefits of eating vegetables. Vegetables are important for health.

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]]> Project Dinnertime cooking workshops https://nutritionaustralia.org/division/act/nutrition-programs-for-clients-of-community-services-17757/ Thu, 14 Mar 2019 01:00:31 +0000 http://nutritionaustralia.org/nutrition-programs-for-clients-of-community-services-17757/ Project Dinnertime is designed to get more people cooking more often. Facilitated by Accredited Practising Dietitians, our Project Dinnertime cooking workshops are delivered in our very own fully equipped Food Skills Kitchen. Our hands on cooking workshops aim to: improve cooking skills build kitchen confidence inspire and motivate interest in cooking meals from scratch develop menu planning and...

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