Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander guide to healthy eating (2005)

Description

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander guide to healthy eating has been adapted from the Australian guide to healthy eating. It shows in pictures the five food groups and the recommended proportions of each food group that should be eaten every day for good health. This version of the guide includes examples of foods that may be available in rural and remote areas, such as kangaroo meat and damper.

On the reverse of this flyer are some ideas, with explanations to help people be healthy, including:

• move more
• drink more water
• eat a variety of fruit and vegetables everyday
  
• eat wholegrain and wholemeal breads, cereals, rice and pasta
• eat less salt
• eat more bush foods
• eat less fatty food and fried food
• eat less sugar

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

When to use this resource

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander guide to healthy eating can be used to raise people's awareness of the five food groups and the Australian dietary guidelines. It could be used by health staff to hand out at community events, workshops or talks on healthy lifestyles and healthy eating. The guide is also a useful tool for generating discussions about healthy eating. It could also be displayed in health clinics or medical centres for clients to take for themselves.

Contact details

This resource is available in hardcopy only for people working in the Northern Territory.

To order copies of this resource:
Nutrition and Physical Activity Program
Northern Territory Government Department of Health
Ph: (08) 8999 2400

If you are not from NT you can download copies of the resource from the government website (see below).

Links

• View resource: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander guide to healthy eating [flyer] (PDF - 2.1 MB)
• View website: Department of Health and Community Services, Northern Territory

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