Good nutrition is fundamental to achieving good health throughout our lives. The food we eat as children affects how we grow and what we eat in childhood can help prevent diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease when we are older.

• Go for 2 fruit & 5 veg® every day (Go for 2&5®)

• Healthy Food and Drink Choices for Staff and Visitors in SA Health Facilities Policy
  As part of the South Australian Government’s commitment to preventing overweight and obesity, a policy has been released to ensure healthy food is available for staff and visitors in all South Australian Government health services and facilities, including central and regional offices.
  
  The policy is mandatory and applies to all situations where food and drinks are provided including cafeterias, kiosks, cafes, shops, vending machines, catering for functions, meetings and client education programs as well as fundraising, advertising and sponsorship. Implementation and associated contractual requirements commence as of 1 April 2009. Changes required will be phased in over an 18 month implementation period with compliance required by 1 October 2010. Policy details and resources are now available:
  
  - Healthy Food and Drink Choices for Staff and Visitors in SA Health Facilities Policy (342Kb PDF)
  
  - Food and Drinks Guide (611Kb PDF)
  
  - Fact Sheet 1 - Getting ready for healthier choices (93Kb PDF)
  
  - Fact Sheet 2 - Recommended supply of food and drinks (92Kb PDF)
  
  - Fact Sheet 3 - Summary of Nutrient Criteria (90Kb PDF)
  
  - Frequently asked questions (74KB, PDF)
  
  - Promotional Poster - A4 (103Kb PDF)
  
  - Promotional Poster - A3 (109Kb PDF)

• Television advertising and the consumption of unhealthy food and drinks by children

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Guide to Healthy Eating
  Ensuring that a good range of healthy food is available in stores in remote Aboriginal communities is fundamental to the good health of people living in these communities. Resources are now available to help stores provide, promote and monitor the sales of healthy food. These resources include a freight improvement toolkit, checklists for food to be stocked in stores and provided in takeaways and a monitoring tool that uses scanned sales data to assess a community’s consumption of key foods and nutrients.
  
  These resources were produced by the Remote Indigenous Stores and Takeaways project, that was jointly funded 2005-2008 by the Australian government and governments of Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia.

 - Eat good food to be Healthy and Strong (A4 poster) (1.79Mb pdf)

 - Educator's Booklet (3.40Mb pdf)

 - Order Form - Resources developed by the Remote Indigenous Stores &  Takeaways project (RIST) (37.5Kb pdf)