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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.
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).
From the National Heart Foundation. Lots of resources including drafts of policies, menus, newsletter snippets, info on Calcium, etc etc etc
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.
Ideas and suggestions to develop your school events and fundraisers to support the healthy Eating messages in your curriculum
What and how much you eat and drink, and being physically active are important for your health. Being healthy improves your quality of life and your sense of wellbeing. Being healthy also means that you are more likely to be around longer for your whānau.
The advice in this booklet is to help you:
This booklet is based on the Ministry of Health’s Eating and Activity Guidelines for New Zealand Adults.
The School Canteen Project aims to improve the range and nutritional quality of food provided at the school canteen. Food Technology/Home Economics students have the opportunity to either create a new food product or modify an existing product on offer at the school canteen. The unit includes a school-wide survey to determine the needs of the students to assist with the development of healthy, affordable food options.
The overall objective of the Nestlé Healthy Active Kids programme is to raise nutrition and health knowledge and promote physical activity with school-age children around the world. In New Zealand, we partner with AUT Millennium and the NZ Nutrition Foundation to support the development of free teachers resources, designed for teachers in partnership with teachers at School Kit, to inspire healthy and active kids through cross-curricular enquiry-based learning modules that are innovative and informative.
Meals - Videos - Food Labels - Infographics - Te Reo Resources - Changes resources - Certificates - Sugary drinks Infographics - 100% water resources - Family meals
It's all here for you at the Health Promotion Agency!
Play every day - Helping families be active - Sit less, Move more -
Activity resources from the HPA
Selected pages from the NZC document
This poster shows easy physical activity ideas to do as a family or by yourself with the time you have available. Health Promotion Agency FREE!!
The resources show different meals using the core ingredients of beef mince, kidney beans, lean pork and a whole roasted chicken.
There is one A3 poster for each core ingredient. Free copies of the poster can be ordered or downloaded as a PDF. A range of animations showing different meals per ingredient have also been created. These can be downloaded and used on websites or social media. Avaiallbe from the Health Promotion Agency
https://www.nutritionandactivity.govt.nz/nutrition/good-food-resources
The Garden to Table programme is changing the way children approach and think about food. All around the country, we want to see children enthusiastically getting their hands dirty and learning how to grow, harvest, prepare and share fresh, seasonal food.
Legumes and beans are a great heart healthy food – they’re full of goodness as well as being cheap, tasty, and quick and convenient to use. From the National Heart Foundation
