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English language posters that illustrate the amount of sugar in common New Zealand drinks and promote water or low-fat milk as the best drink of choice. https://order.hpa.org.nz/products/how-much-sugar-do-you-drink
When you’re busy it can be easy to reach for packaged foods and drinks. But you may be surprised to learn just how much sugar or fats are in your favourite foods.
Here’s a guide to some common foods – and how many teaspoons or sugar or fat are in them. You may be surprised!
Be active every day, in as many ways as possible. Aim for at least 2 ½ hours of moderate (or 1 ¼ hours of vigorous physical activity) spread throughout the week.
Article from Canada with great relevance to NZ school communities
The human eye is one of the most valuable sense organs that enables us to see the world around us.
Let us study about the different parts of an eye.
Three-quarters of us wear some sort of corrective lenses. But what is the science behind artificial perfect vision? Heather Brown talks with a Twin Cities ophthalmologist (2:32).
Te Hapū O Ngāti Wheke is the heart of the Rāpaki community, and it’s a heart the hapū are committed to keeping healthy.
From the National Heart Foundation. Lots of resources including drafts of policies, menus, newsletter snippets, info on Calcium, etc etc etc
In this video, I discuss how the heart functions in the body. I cover how blood flows through the heart, deoxygenated blood from the body returns to the heart, and oxygenated blood from the lungs returns to the heart. I also discuss pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins and how the heart pumps blood through them.
Videos to connect to a range of learning resources. Heart health and recipe / cooking videos.
Blackline teachers resource
Diagram to explain circulation system
There is a bright and colourful poster that can be ordered or downloaded for free.
New Zealand Blood Service teaching resource - developing students' knowledge about how to keep their body (and their blood) healthy by making healthy choices.
The ‘Healthy Heart’ visual food guide from the National Heart Foundation
This is the website of a monthly New Zealand magazine - Healthy Food Guide. Provides accurate advice, practical ideas and a range of healthy recipes. You will need to subscribe to this website.
Poster to view or download. Poster A2 available locally from Wendi Wolfen-Duvall, Napier Health, 76 Wellesley Road, Napier. 06 834 1815 ext 4162 wendi.wolfen-duvall@hbdhb.govt.nz
https://www.healthed.govt.nz/resource/healthy-food-and-drinks-%E2%80%93-english-version HE1711
Also a wide range of other "Healthy Eating" material on line, and in pamphlet form.
Healthy eating is essential for good health and wellbeing, and supports a healthy productive workforce.
The Policy enables organisations to demonstrate commitment to the health and wellbeing of staff, and visitors by providing healthy food and drink options consistent with the Eating and Activity Guidelines.
The Ministry of Health encourages all organisations to consider adopting and/or tailoring the Policy to meet your organisation’s needs.
The Policy has been adapted from the National Healthy Food and Drink Policy, developed by the National District Health Board Food and Drink Environments Network.
Ideas and suggestions to develop your school events and fundraisers to support the healthy Eating messages in your curriculum
Lots of different things affect how healthy we are including what we eat and how active we are. Food plays a huge part in keeping us healthy and so we need to make sure we're eating a variety of foods to get all the right vitamins and nutrients.
