Resources for planning No. 5 - Promoting Healthy Eating for Children: A Planning Guide for Practitioners

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Introduction

This guide has been developed to assist health, education and community practitioners to design interventions to promote healthy eating among children and their families. It draws together evidence from the published literature, in addition to interviews with key stakeholders experienced in promoting nutrition within a range of childhood settings, including preschools, primary schools and secondary schools. The guide was developed by members of the Physical Activity and Nutrition Research Unit at Deakin University for the Victorian Department of Human Services.

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Preface (20kb, pdf)

Part A: Children's healthy eating-general comments and principles

1. Introduction (35kb, pdf)

2. What is healthy eating for children? (69kb, pdf)

3. What's the problem (42kb, pdf)

4. How do children learn about food and eating? (30kb, pdf)

5. What are the influences on children's eating? (34kb, pdf)

6. Lessons from the Review of Children's Healthy Eating Interventions (23kb, pdf)

7. General principles for promoting healthy eating (202kb, pdf)

8. Planning an intervention-theories and models used in healthy eating interventions (96kb, pdf)

9. How to conduct a healthy eating program (24kb, pdf)

10. Tying it all together-food policy (30kb, pdf)

Part B: Children's healthy eating-settings and example interventions

1. Opportunities for promoting healthy eating (21kb, pdf)

2. The home (64kb, pdf)

3. Hospitals and maternal and child health centres 309kb, pdf)

4. Early childhood services (59kb, pdf)

5. Primary schools (302kb, pdf)

6. Secondary schools (77kb, pdf)

7. Family and community health (252kb, pdf)

8. The wider community (183kb, pdf)

9. Healthy eating interventions and food policy References (27kb, pdf)

References (58kb, pdf)

Supporting Documentation

Full Review of Children's Healthy Eating Interventions

This is the technical report, which informed the development of the "Promoting healthy eating for children - a planning guide for practitioners". This report is a critical review of the effectiveness of interventions designed to promote healthy eating in children aged 0-15 years. It provides information on studies and nutrition promotion programs that have been undertaken in Australia and internationally. It also provides a series of suggestions for practitioners in this area.

Full Review of Children's Healthy Eating Interventions (661kb, pdf)

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