Australian Dietary Guidlines

Many families rely on school canteens to regularly contribute to their children’s food intake. It is important therefore that canteen menus are able to make a positive health contribution to children’s diets.

 The Australian Dietary Guidelines give advice on eating for health and wellbeing; they include:

• Guideline 1         To achieve and maintain a healthy weight, be physically active and choose amounts                            of nutritious food and drinks to meet your energy needs
• Guideline 2         Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods from the five food groups every day
• Guideline 3         Limit intake of foods containing saturated fat, added salt, added sugars and alcohol
• Guideline 4         Encourage, support and promote breastfeeding
• Guideline 5         Care for your food; prepare and store it safely.