Healthy Eating

The first years of a child's life may be the best opportunity for promoting the development of healthy eating behaviours that will be life-long. Early childhood services are unique in their ability to work alongside parents to provide early, positive, repeated experiences with healthy foods and assist children to learn to prefer and select these foods.

Good for Kids Balancing the Lunchbox

A booklet full of ideas and tips for packing lunchboxes that is popular for orientation packs.

This can also be provided as a hard copy to services in the Hunter New England Local Health District - contact your Good for Kids Health Promotion Officer for more details

Healthy Food Swaps

This is a great resource for families full of healthy food swaps for the lunchbox

Fussy Eating Resources

Click on the below headings for tip sheets on supporting fussy eaters, understanding and supporting child eating choices, encouraging new foods, and ideas for making eating environments as supportive and encouraging as possible

Vegetable Story Books

Here is a list with links to some great books and recorded story readings about vegetables that can be used as part of a healthy eating learning experience in your service.

Getting Ready for Big School

This is a fact sheet aimed at families who are new to packing lunchboxes

The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating

A visual summary of the Australian Dietary Guidelines showing the proportion of each food group that should be consumed over the day

Menu Planning Resources

This link will take you to the section of our website that supports menu planning

SWAP IT Lunchbox Resources

This link will take you to the section of our website containing information and resources from the Good for Kids SWAP IT program for early childhood services.

Munch & Move Resources

This link will take you the the resource page of the Munch & Move website where you can find plenty more healthy eating resources for your service!