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Vegetables
Healthy eating
A balanced diet
Get some of the best tips on how to eat a wide variety of foods in the right proportions for a healthy diet.
Barbecuing food safely
Food poisoning cases increase during the barbecue season, so remember these simple steps to help keep your food safe on the ‘barbie’.
Dairy foods
Dairy foods such as milk, yoghurt and cheese are rich sources of many vitamins and minerals, including calcium — essential to bone health.
Healthy eating over 60
Your body changes over time. Here's what to eat, how to maintain your appetite and stay well as you get older.
Healthy food swaps
Eating fewer foods that are high in calories, fat, salt and sugars, and swapping them for something healthier is a great way to maintain a healthy lif...
High fibre foods and diet
Find out how much fibre is needed in your diet and get tips for increasing your intake.
How to cut down on sugar
Here’s how you can cut down on sugars by eating fewer sugary foods, such as sweets and biscuits, and drinking fewer sugary soft drinks.
Potassium
Potassium is a mineral and electrolyte that helps nerves and muscles function properly. Find out more about what it is, as well as the risks of high a...
Salt - the facts
Find out what food is high in salt and how to reduce your salt intake.
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Healthy eating for older people
Healthy eating for Older People The NDSS and Diabetes Australia have developed a guide for older people living with diabetes
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Heart Healthy Eating Patterns
This position statement describes the characteristics of heart healthy eating patterns to improve cardiovascular health.
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Healthy Kids : Healthy Eating
Facts about the food habits of children and young people in NSW.
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Healthy eating | The Heart Foundation
A healthy diet includes a variety of food groups and reduces the risk of heart disease. This means eating fresh healthy foods instead of processed and packaged foods.
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Healthy eating :: SA Health
Get more out of life, feel better and live longer by eating healthy food - here's how - healthy eating and nutrition to improve health and wellbeing
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Healthy eating for kids
Encourage healthy eating habits for kids by shopping healthy and planning meals to minimise temper tantrums at the dinner table and keep fussy eaters happy.
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Healthy Eating Dietitians Association of Australia
Healthy Eating Eating well is key to feeling your best, both now and in the long- term
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Healthy eating habits for children
Teaching children healthy food habits will help them make the best choices for themselves as they grow up.
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Healthy Kids : Healthy Eating and Drinking
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Healthy eating for your child
Learn how you can teach your child good eating habits so they can make healthy choices and reduce their risk of obesity and diseases such as diabetes.
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Berries: Bursting with Benefits Especially for Metabolic Syndrome
As a nurse, it is important to promote health. This means everything from post-operative education, to medication adherence, and even the importance of healthy lifestyles. This includes promoting healthy eating and the prevention of disease And beautiful, little berries are one way to achieve this.
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Globesity Prevention: Eating Mindfully | Ausmed
Mindful eating has gained some attention in recent years (OReilly et al. 2014) and it is not hard to see why when considering the global epidemic of overweight and obesity that the World Health Organization (WHO) refers to as globesity (2017).
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Globesity Prevention: Eating Mindfully | Ausmed
Mindful eating has gained some attention in recent years (OReilly et al. 2014) and it is not hard to see why when considering the global epidemic of overweight and obesity that the World Health Organization (WHO) refers to as globesity (2017).
Read more on Ausmed Education website
Healthy Kids : Make Healthy Normal
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Healthy Kids : Deloitte Access Economics report on vegetable consumption
Deloitte Access Economics has modelled the impact that increased vegetable consumption would have on reducing government health expenditure, and the returns to producers as a result of the increased consumption.
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Healthy Kids : NSW School Students Health Behaviours Survey: 2011
Outlines of some of the key findings from the 2011 Australian National Childrens Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey on the food habits, physical activity patterns and weight status of children in NSW.
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What Factors Create & Sustain Healthy Microbiome? - 10 Considerations
There are a number of factors that form and contribute to a healthy biome. The state of a biome is not static and the behaviour of a biome has a degree of resilience to external (for example, dietary or pharmaceutical) or internal (for example, age) changes.
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What Factors Create & Sustain Healthy Microbiome? - 10 Considerations
There are a number of factors that form and contribute to a healthy biome. The state of a biome is not static and the behaviour of a biome has a degree of resilience to external (for example, dietary or pharmaceutical) or internal (for example, age) changes.
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How to Retrain Your Bladder | Ausmed
Bladder retraining is a way of training the bladder to retain adequate amounts of urine without experiencing incontinence. Expanding the bladder muscle over time promotes both good bladder capacity and strong pelvic floor muscle tone. Bladder retraining can, in some cases, resolve incontinence.
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Physical and sexual health - Orygen, Revolution in Mind
Orygen is the world’s leading research and knowledge translation organisation focusing on mental ill-health in young people.
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