Get Up & Grow: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Early Childhood - Staff and Carer Book
Food for Health: Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents in Australia
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Table of contents
- Minister's Foreword
- Introduction
- Breastfeeding
- Healthy Eating Guideline - Provide water in addition to age-appropriate milk drinks.
- Infant formula
- Introducing solids
Family foods- Food safety
- Physical activity
- Sedentary behaviour and screen-time
- For more information
- Food for Health: Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents in Australia
- Acknowledgements
Encourage and support breastfeeding.
Children and adolescents need sufficient nutritious foods to grow and develop normally.
- Growth should be checked regularly for young children.
- Physical activity is important for children and adolescents.
Enjoy a wide range fo nutritious foods.
Children and adolescents should be encouraged to :- eat plenty of vegetables, legumes and fruits
- eat plenty of cereals (including breads, rice, pasta and noodles), preferably wholegrain
- include lean meat, fish, poultry and/or alternatives
- includes milks, yoghurts, cheeses and/or alternatives. Reduced-fat milks are not suitable for children under two years, because of their high energy needs, but reduced-fat varieties should be encouraged for older children and adolescents
- choose water as a drink
- limit saturated fat and moderate total fat intake. Low-fat diest are not suitable for infants
- choose foods low in salt
- consume only moderat amounts of sugars and foods containing added sugars.