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Australian Guide to Healthy Eating
The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating is a food selection guide which visually represents the proportion of the five food groups recommended for consumption each day.
The Australian Dietary Guidelines give advice on eating for health and wellbeing. They’re called dietary guidelines because it’s your usual diet that influences your health. Based on the latest scientific evidence, they describe the best approach to eating for a long and healthy life.
Food and Nutrition - Department of Health (Australian Government)
Food and Nutrition for Adolescent Girls - The Royal Women's Hospital Victoria
A Teenager's Nutritional Needs - HealthyChildren.org
Taste.com.au
Nutrients are the substances in food that work to keep our bodies healthy and eating a variety of foods from the food groups will give your body the nutrients it needs maintain good health. Registered Dietician Melissa Halas-Liang and two students explore the functions, benefits and sources of the six types of nutrients, including fats, protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and water.
Run time : 19:51 mins
Nutrition Australia aims to ‘inspire healthy eating’ through information, education and consultation services.
Advice about the amount and kinds of foods that we need to eat for health and wellbeing.
You are what you eat: good nutrition is the key to a healthy weight and good health. Rinzler shows you how to manage your diet, prepare healthy foods, and cut calories by making wise food choices.
An easy-to-use reference to every food, herb, vitamin, mineral or supplement you might encounter, from the most common everyday foods, like bananas and carrots, to the oldest natural medicines in the world, like olive oil and yoghurt, and the most recent developments in nutritional supplements from guarana to St John's Wort. Each entry gives a definition in plain language - what it is and where it comes from, the form it takes, how to prepare or enjoy it, its medicinal and health benefits and a recommended daily dose.
This book will provide the answers to many of your questions about nutrition and health. Learn all about: - weight and body shape - diets and diet products - vitamins and supplements - antioxidants - super foods - allergies and special diets and much more Catherine also debunks food myths and offers practical ways to improve the average diet, including tips to cut down on fat and salt, ideas to boost fibre, and handy menu guides. The book also provides a comprehensive nutrition glossary and directory with websites.
Shows you how to manage your and your family's diet through all of life's different stages - from pregnancy and breastfeeding, through childhood and adolescence, to older adulthood.
Need to create a website but not sure where to start? This guide includes links to tools and resources that can help you, including website builders such as Adobe Spark, Google Sites, Weebly, Wix and WordPress.
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References
Australian Government Department of Health. (n.d.). Food and nutrition. https://www.health.gov.au/health-topics/food-and-nutrition
Chuan. (2019, October 10). [Girl holding a coconut filled with fruit salad] [Photograph]. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/TJmY15K_OS4
Eat for Health. (2015, July 23). Australian dietary guidelines 1-5. https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/guidelines/australian-dietary-guidelines-1-5
Eat for Health. (2017, May 1). Australian guide to healthy eating. https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/guidelines/australian-guide-healthy-eating
Flipped Classroom Tutorials. (2018, January 30). How to create a website with ease using Adobe Spark Page 2018 [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/06yyxW2uC-s
Healthy Children.org. (2016, March 1). A teenager's nutritional needs. https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/teen/nutrition/Pages/A-Teenagers-Nutritional-Needs.aspx
Lofgren, L. (2020, April 7). How to make a Wix website in 6 easy steps. Quicksprout. https://www.quicksprout.com/how-to-make-a-wix-website/
Morr, E. (2020, June 29). Grow your own organic food. Container gardening. [Photograph]. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/lUQf5XDaVy0
Saxelby, C. (2020, October 19). Are you sure you know what superfoods actually are?. SBS. https://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/2020/10/19/are-you-sure-you-know-what-superfoods-actually-are
Taste.com.au. (n.d.). A - Z of superfoods. https://www.taste.com.au/healthy/articles/a-to-z-of-superfoods/jtuw2mvk
The Royal Women's Hospital Victoria. (n.d.). Food and Nutrition for adolescents. https://www.thewomens.org.au/health-information/staying-well/adolescent-girls/food-and-nutrition-for-adolescents
Visualz (Production Company). (2012). Nutrient basics [Video]. ClickView. https://clickv.ie/w/bX1o
Visual Stories || Micheile. (2019, June 17). [Cooked salmon on a plate] [Photograph]. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/t05q7TZObzc