Healthy Eating Resource Kit for Workers developed by Monash University Dietitian Students, Carol Ho and Kelly He in August 2008 under the supervision of Jenny Trezise (APD, AN) City of Greater Dandenong and Shireen Hii (APD, AN) Greater Dandenong Community Health Service. It is designed to be used by community workers who work with people with low literacy levels. Contains handouts and information intended to be used as a tool for education on general nutrition principles.
Section 1: General Healthy Eating, Basic Food Preparation and Food Safety
- 1.1 The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating: Enjoy a variety of foods every day A4 poster
- 1.2 The Food Pyramid (Available in 37 languages. See section 7)
- 1.3 Every day eating for health
- 1.4 One day meal plan
- 1.5 Servings per day
- 1.6 Healthy Foods and Drinks
- 1.7 Healthy Drinks Available languages: Amharic, Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Karen, Kurdish-Kurmanji, Kurdish-Sorani, Somali, Swahili, Tigrinya. (See section 7 below)
- 1.8 Healthy Family Food
- 1.9 Healthy Food Healthy Family (Arabic only)
- 1.10 Healthy Food Makes Us Grow (Farsi only)
- 1.11 We Need Healthy Food (Somali only)
- 1.12 Caring For Teeth
- 1.13 Take Care of Your Teeth
- 1.14 Diabetes: Making Healthy Food Choices
- Healthy eating for Diabetes
- Carbohydrate foods
- Lower fat protein foods
- High fat protein foods
- Fats
- High fat and high sugar foods
- Other foods
- Alcohol
- Available languages: Italian, Chinese and Arabic. See section 7.
- 1.15 Calcium and Vitamin D for strong bones
- 1.16 Iron for strong blood and muscles
- 1.17 Anaemia is not having enough iron in your blood
- 1.18 Melbourne Markets
- 1.19 Watch out for drinks with hidden sugars. VFST (Foundation House), 2000. Funded by VicHealth
- 1.20 Watch our for foods with hidden sugars. VFST (Foundation House), 2000. Funded by VicHealth
- 1.21 Watch out for foods with hidden fats. VFST (Foundation House), 2000. Funded by VicHealth
- 1.22 The Welcome Kit
- Buying fruit and vegetables – English, Amharic and Arabic, Khmer and Dari, Somali and Tigrinya
- Preparing vegetables – English, Amharic and Arabic, Khmer and Dari, Somali and Tigrinya
- Cooking vegetables – English, Amharic and Arabic, Khmer and Dari, Somali and Tigrinya
- Preparing fruit – English, Amharic and Arabic, Khmer and Dari, Somali and Tigrinya
- Keep your food safe – English, Amharic and Arabic, Khmer and Dari, Somali and Tigrinya
- 1.23 Five keys to safer food – Available in 48 languages. See section 7
- 1.24 Safe Food, Safe Kitchens – Available languages: English, Amharic, Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Karen, Kurdish- Kurmanji, Kurdish-Sorani, Somali, Swahili, Tigrinya. See section 7
- 1.25 Food safety brochure – How You Cook Can Make You and Others Crook
- 1.26 Food ‘use by’ and ‘best before’ dates
- 1.27 This = That (life-size food portion pictures book) order form details
- 1.28 Healthy living in Australia. (Due to file size please see item 6 above for further information).
Section 2: Healthy Eating for Babies and Toddlers
- 2.1 Start Them Right – A Parent’s Guide to Healthy Eating for under Fives
- 2.2 First foods for babies brochure – English, Arabic, Albanian, Dari, Khmer, Mandarin, Nuer, Vietnamese
- 2.3 Snacks for children aged 1 year and over
- 2.4 Appetite
- 2.5 When its time to eat (Feeding your baby from birth to 3 years / food pyramid for infants) Heinz poster
- 2.6 When it’s time to eat – feeding your baby from birth to 3 years Heinz brochure
- 2.7 Finger Foods A4 poster
Section 3: Healthy Eating for Children – Lunch Boxes and Snacks
- 3.1 School lunch posters 1, 2, 3, 4
- 3.2 Healthy School Lunch – African food, Asian food, Middle Eastern food – Available languages: English, Amharic, Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Karen, Kurdish-Kurmanji, Kurdish-Sorani, Somali, Swahili, Tigrinya. See section 7
- 3.3 Melbourne Markets – Kids Snacks and Lunches recipe leaflet
- 3.4 Photos of school lunch ideas
- 3.5 Photos of unhealthy and healthy school lunch choices
- 3.6 Ideas to increase essential food groups in the lunchbox
Section 4: Food Budgeting
- 4.1 Spend Your Money Wisely
- 4.2 House brand products
- 4.3 Eat cheap for the week – Food for $40 – $50
- 4.4 Food for $35 for the week
- 4.5 Food for $70 for the week
Section 5: Fast Easy Recipes
- 5.1 Fast Easy Tasty Budget Meals
- 5.2 Easy Cook Book series – order form details
- 5.3 Melbourne Markets
- Winter recipe leaflet
- Autumn recipe leaflet
- Spring recipe leaflet
- Summer recipe leaflet
- Healthy kids and growing bodies recipe leaflet
- Eating well with low GI recipe leaflet
- High energy and sports performance recipe leaflet
- Women’s health and well-being recipe leaflet
- Low fat lifestyles recipe leaflet
- Fresh family favourites #1
- Fresh family favourites #2
- Fresh Asian flavours See section 7 for order form
- 5.4 Healthy Budget Bites recipe book (Electronic version only) (Due to file size, contact us for a copy)
- 5.5 The Step by Step Cook Book (Visual cook book) (Due to file size, contact us for a copy)
Section 6: Emergency Food Relief Agencies, Cheap Eats and Specialty Food Stores
- 6.1 Emergency Food Relief agencies in the City of Greater Dandenong 2009 – Days open; Services provided
- 6.2 Victorian Emergency Relief providers
- 6.3 Halal butchers, restaurants and groceries in Greater Dandenong
- 6.4 VLGA Food Security Network Information
- 6.5 City of Greater Dandenong Courtesy Bus
Section 7: Where to get extra information and copies of resources listed in this kit
- 7.1 Where to download more copies
- 7.2 Useful Websites
- 7.3 Centre for Health Promotion publications
- 7.4 CALD parenting resources from the Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues
