News

Tuesday 19-7-2011

The Ipswich City Council Program 'Fit and Fuelled Kids' promotes important nutrition and physical activity messages to students, teachers and parents at selected primary schools within the Ipswich Council.

QLD

Nutrition Australia Queensland deliver health promoting messages to Brisbane CALD communities

Tuesday 03-5-2011

Nutrition Australia Qld (NAQ) has been given the opportunity to promote health messages from the Federal and Queensland governments’ Measure Up and Swap It; Don’t Stop It campaigns to members from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities living on Brisbane’s southside.

QLD

Resilient children and healthy communities: Using food in the solution

Tuesday 29-3-2011

Nutrition Australia Qld recently held a discussion drawing on conclusions from their recent advocacy forum “Finding a Recipe for Raising Healthy Resilient Children”

QLD

Resilient children and healthy communities - using food in the solution

Saturday 12-2-2011

In October 2010, NAQ held a discussion forum with the aim of identifying key priorities for developing healthy, resilient children. NAQ will be holding a follow- up discussion in March 2011, whereby local and state government experts are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM) being held at the NAQ office in Bowen Hills, Qld. Keep reading...

QLD

If we could choose the best “ingredients” to ensure that our children have a healthy and resilient future what would they be?

Friday 26-11-2010

This question was explored at a discussion and advocacy forum hosted in Brisbane, on Tuesday 5 October 5, 2010, by Nutrition Australia Qld (NAQ). Click here to access the key messages established from this exciting discussion.

QLD

Your Healthy Life

Tuesday 09-11-2010

A resource for ESL teachers working with newly arrived refugees.

Nutrition Australia Qld has a new resource available for purchase, titled “Your Healthy Life”.

“Your Healthy Life” resource was created from a project funded by the Queensland Government, Eat Well Be Active, Community Partnerships Program. The aim of the program was to encourage more Queenslanders to discover the lifelong benefits of participating in physical activity and improving eating habits.

Junction Park State School in Annerley, Qld and Nutrition Australia Qld worked in partnership to produce a multimedia resource centred on digital stories (photographic slideshows with narrated voiceovers) that will support new arrivals to make healthy lifestyle choices and assist in the development of English language and skills associated with good health and wellbeing.

The resource contains the one copy CDrom “Your Healthy Life” and 7 different classroom readers - hard copies that match the digital stories.Please follow this link "Your Healthy Life" to the community pages for more information about the resource or contact Nutrition Australia Qld for further information.

QLD

What are the Key Ingredients for Raising a Healthy, Resilient Child?

Monday 04-10-2010

If we could choose the best “ingredients” for the recipe to make a healthy, resilient child what would they be?

While overall our standard of living has never been higher, what are the barriers for access for all?

In the lead up to National Nutrition Week (October 10 – 16), Nutrition Australia Qld (NAQ) is hosting a discussion and advocacy forum in Brisbane. Guests and speakers are from diverse backgrounds and arenas including Child Development and areas of Public Health including Nutrition, Social Justice, Physical Activity, the Environment and Urban Planning.

QLD

"Bowled Over By Good Food" - Brisbane Healthy Cricket Club Project

Tuesday 13-7-2010

In partnership with Qld Cricket and with funding from the Queensland Government, Nutrition Australia Qld (NAQ) has conducted a “healthy sporting club make-over” project with 3 cricket club canteens in the Brisbane North Area to transform them into health promoting environments.

The project is aimed at increasing the availability and promotion of healthy food choices. Creating a health promoting sporting canteen is important in terms of promoting health and wellbeing within the club community, ensuring consistency of message and providing choice to consumers.

QLD

Finger Foods Cookbook

Tuesday 15-6-2010

People with Dementia find it increasingly difficult to recognise and consume food. This can lead to poor nutrition. They often tolerate finger food meals better than the traditional sit down meals. To help maintain their independence, people with dementia can benefit from a meal pattern incorporating finger foods.

The Nutrition Australia Queensland Aged Care Advisory Service is developing a Finger Foods Cookbook for Queensland Aged Care facilities and the carers of people with dementia. We are seeking contributions fromQueensland Aged Care Advisory Service members. If your facility has a great recipe we would like to hear from you. Recipes will be assessed by our team and appropriate acknowledgement will be given if your recipe is included in the cookbook.

As part of developing this resource we are also very interested in your experiences as a carer of people with dementia-the difficulties you have faced; how you have managed to overcome these; and any resources you have found helpful.

If you have a recipe or any experiences you would like to share please contact our Queensland Aged Care Dietitian, Amelia Webster –awebster@naqld.org by the 25th of July 2010.

For further information, please click on the link for the Aged Care Advisory Service page.

QLD

Refugees Support

Thursday 25-3-2010

Nutrition Australia Queensland Division is currently funded by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship for a project to welcome and support humanitarian entrants as they settle into their new life in Australia.

Working closely with an inner city state primary school in Brisbane, Nutrition Australia staff have used cooking workshops to connect and welcome the new arrivals. The classes attract stay-at-home mothers with small children who are at risk of social isolation and are finding it difficult to learn or practice English.

Humanitarian Immigration Media Release Nutrition Week QLD

News

Nutrition News