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A diet including fruits, vegetables, proteins, grains and dairy is healthy. Explore resources about the food pyramid, calories, essential nutrition, junk food, sugar drinks, exercise and the problems of lack of sleep and exercise. SCIS no. 1816229

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School girls drinking milk

School girls drinking milk

The first Labour government started a programme to supply free milk to schools from 1937 to 1967. Milk monitors would distribute a half-pint of milk to each student. By 1940 this programme covered ...

Health and well-being

Health and well-being

Find information about the four concepts hauora - health and well-being.

Fruit in schools

Fruit in schools

The Fruit in Schools programme started in 2006. It was a response to the 2002 Child Nutrition Survey, which found that only 40% of children ate the recommended two pieces of fruit a day. Schools in...

Māori health: te whare tapa whā model

Māori health: te whare tapa whā model

Māori health expert Mason Durie developed the whare tapa whā model of health in 1982. Encapsulating a Māori view of health and wellness, it has four dimensions: taha wairua (spiritual health), taha...

Healthy school lunches

Healthy school lunches

Unhealthy diet is a major cause of disease in New Zealand. Some schools encourage children to eat healthy food in the hope that this will become the habit of a lifetime. Britney Williamson (8) and ...

The adolescent diet

The key components for a healthy adolescent lifestyle.

Fatty foods

Piripi Rikiti talks Māori eating habits.

This way up: food recycling

This way up: food recycling

This Way Up's Simon Morton discovers a food recycling project with a difference, Kaicycle.

Gardening with kids

Gardening with kids

Families from the Common Unity Project, which runs the community garden and kitchen at Epuni school, have joined up with organic juicy company, Almighty for a special event to promote gardening and...

Berry good news for the brain

Berry good news for the brain

How New Zealand blackcurrants can support brain health.

Healthy kiwifruit

Healthy kiwifruit

A new study has found there could be more health benefits to eating kiwifruit than we first thought.

Advocating vegetarianism

Advocating vegetarianism

Animal rights activists usually advocate a 'cruelty-free' diet – vegetarian (no flesh) or vegan (no flesh, eggs, honey or dairy products) – on the grounds that diets that contain these foods cause ...

Government agencies and fast food

More than $260 million of taxpayers' money is invested in fast-food brands and soft drink giants, outraging health campaigners.

Fat

Cartoon depicts a huge little boy labelled 'Kiwi kids' being inflated with air by his parents using a foot pump labelled 'Junk food'. Refers to New Zealand Medical Association report on the soarin...

Battlegrounds

Cartoon showing past and present battlegrounds for New Zealand. Then the battlegrounds were Greece, Crete, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Italy. Now the battlegrounds are nicotine, alcohol, obesity, su...

Price of milk - junk food

Price of milk - junk food

Digital cartoon by Laurence Clark on political and social issues in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Vegetable seed packets, 1932

Vegetable seed packets, 1932

Most of the vegetables on the seed packets depicted in a Yates' catalogue in 1932 were widely grown in the 19th century – the cabbage, cauliflower, carrot, beetroot and onion for instance. Less com...

School vegetables

School vegetables

Kate Robinson and Thomas Lancaster water the silverbeet at Pukekohe East Primary School. Their school serves a semi-rural community on the edge of Pukekohe. In 2005 it won an Enviroschool Award for...

Apple

Children playing at Newtown kindergarten

Children playing at Newtown kindergarten

Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6....

Health camps

Many New Zealanders considered their days at the beach to be a highpoint of childhood. So, the Children’s Health Camp movement located a number of their camps close to a beach, where children could...

Keeping children healthy

Keeping children healthy

Wellington High School girls perform physical drills, 1901

Tuberculosis vaccinations for children

Tuberculosis vaccinations for children

A mother has coaxed her four children into taking the tuberculosis (TB) vaccination.

Body mass index

Calculate your body mass index using your height and weight.

A brief history of the food pyramid

The evolution of the Healthy Eating Pyramid.

What is an allergy and other related information?

Healthy eating guides, tips and food safety measures.

Fruit and vegetables in the classroom

Print and digital resources and lesson plans covering healthy diets and food technology.

Negative effects of junk food

Junk food affects weight and other factors that structure children’s development.

Diabetes overview

Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are lifelong conditions. Long term risks can be minimised for children.

What does organic mean and why should we eat organic?

What the world eats

Consumptions patterns of different counties of the world.

20 foods bad for your health

There is a lot of confusion out there about which foods are healthy, and which are not.

Getting schooled in the garden

School gardens are blossoming across the country.

Sport and children

We need to foster a more sports-minded culture that encourages children to be physically active.

Garden to table

A charitable trust empowering tamariki to grow, harvest, prepare, and share great food.

Eating disorders

Types of eating disorders, the causes and symptoms.

How to be youthful at 100

How to be youthful at 100

Dr Robert Bell was on the right track with his theory that cooking destroys the value of food. That was over a hundred years ago!

Sugar and health

Current evidence on sugar consumption, metabolism and health effects.

For a healthier nation.

For a healthier nation.

This flier by the New Zealand Department of Health compares a pale, thin boy with a sturdy one. Lots of milk, protein and lentils are part of a healthy diet. But interestingly there is no mention o...

A poster showing essential food groups and the appropriate servings.

Unhealthy lunches

Unhealthy lunches marketed to school children.

Healthy gut bacteria

Good bacteria play important roles in nutrient digestion, vitamin synthesis, energy metabolism and immune responses.

Make a snack bar

Students make an appealing snack bar while understanding that energy from food components should match energy needs.

Advertising card for 1967 Health stamps.

Department Of Health Posters

Department Of Health Posters

Educational display (dental health) - Tooth food pyramid

Educational display (dental health) - Tooth food pyramid

This group of hand painted images tell the story of 'The Three Little Pigs', with a dental health twist. The story has been used as an allegory for building strong teeth (like the little pig that b...

You have more than six hundred muscles in your body. Here's how to keep them strong and healthy.

Puia Hangi - cooking with steam

Room 8 are cooking their kai over one of the puia (hot water pools) in Tokaanu as part of a healthy eating study.

Information about the origins of kumara including a recipe for healthy kumara oven chips.

This report describes the Garden to Table programme and how it operates at Cannons Creek School.

https://5adayeducation.org.nz/ For optimal health we should all eat at least five servings of fresh fruit and vegetables every day.

Find more information on this topic on EPIC. Databases recommended: Britannica School; Health and Wellness (Gale); School login maybe required.

An overview of all health aspects including exercise, sleep, immunisation, hygiene and mental health.

Centre for young women’s health

An award-winning health website for young women.

Child and youth health data and stats

Statistical publications and data sets on child and youth health in NZ.

Staying healthy

Find out how to take care of your body, eat healthy, and stay fit.

Are we eating enough protein?

The findings of various studies suggest protein and resistance exercise are the ticket for maintaining good health and a healthy weight.

Heart Foundation educators resources

A range of health and nutrition teaching resources for schools and early learning. Includes lesson plans, teaching activities, unit plans, and recipes.

Young men’s health

A website for teen boys featuring up-to-date health information.

Using food groups is a way of classifying foods according to the nutrients they provide.

Jamie Oliver kitchen buddies

Jamie's teams up with his son Buddy to help inspire more kids to get cooking.

A collection of resources from Heath Navigator NZ on healthy lifestyle choices

Food a fact of life

Resources from the British Nutrition Foundation for teaching young people aged 3-16 years about where food comes from, cooking and healthy eating.

School food gardens

These stories exemplify how the wider community can play a vital part in supporting a school garden programme, for the benefit of all.

Reimagining school sports

Watch how inter-school events can improve participation.

Looking after children's teeth

Health Navigator NZ provides information on oral health for children.

Garden to Table: 10 years on

In 2009 chef Catherine Bell co-founded the Garden to Table Trust, teaching children to grow, cook and share food.

A healthy eating routine is important at every stage of life and can have positive effects that add up over time.

Eating and drinking

What we eat and drink has a big impact on our general health.

How to create a healthy plate

A healthy plate is an easy way to control portion sizes.

Tips for food safety

Following the 3Cs can help keep you safe from bacteria in food and reduce the chances of food poisoning.

Hauora: Taha Hinengaro - Mental and Emotional Wellbeing

Hauora: Taha Hinengaro - Mental and Emotional Wellbeing

Taha Hinengaro is one of dimensions of Te Whare Tapa Whā, and focuses on mental and emotional health and wellbeing.

Children's dental care

Why are children as young as two having all their teeth taken out?

Get tips on everything from choosing the best sport for you to dealing with sports pressure and injuries.

So you want to be a vegetarian

There are different kinds of vegetarians, depending on what they choose to eat.

The truth about sugar

General healthy eating recommendations have traditionally included limiting sugary foods and drinks.

Food and nutrition

A variety of healthy foods fuel your body and brain development.

They could fight disease and boost your metabolism.

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