Nutrition in Schools Advisory Service

The School Curriculum

The school curriculum should allow students to gain knowledge about nutrition that will remain with them all their lives. It is essential that all students have access to nutrition education. Other considerations for incorporating nutrition successfully into the curriculum are:

• Enable students to evaluate their own diets
• Allow students to develop skills they need to set goals, and plan and implement changes to their eating patterns
• Address health and nutrition issues
• Link food-related topics and resources across subject areas
• Is full use of nutrition education resources being made within the school and community

For more information Nutrition Australia recommends:

• Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents
• Nutrition Australia's Food Selection Guidelines for Children and Adolescents
• Food and Nutrition References for Assignments
• Nutrition In Schools Newsletter