Eat Well Tasmanian Kids

Good nutrition is very important for the development and growth of young children. Childcare centres have an important role to play in helping to develop good eating habits in young children. They can do this by providing a variety of foods for children to taste and enjoy. Staff can teach children healthy attitudes to food and eating by being consistent with positive messages about food and nutrition.

Parents use these checklists to find out if your child's lunchbox is adequate for your child while they are in child care.

If you are a child carer you may be interested in ordering the CD ROM TasteBuds Resources for Good Nutrition in Child Care.

The Tastebuds resource contains:

• Parent information sheets covering areas such as breastfeeding , difficult food behaviours, fluids, food experiences and activities, food safety and precautions, general children's nutrition and solids introduction
• Staff information sheets covering areas of communication with parents, food attitudes and behaviours, food safety and precautions and allergies, intolerances and special diets
• Lunchbox Checklists including full day/ half day/ nut-free checklists, lunchbox ideas,
• Menu Checklists including menu assessment and planning information
• Nutrition Policy Guidelines including steps to developing your policy and checking policy
• Nutrition Resource Directory for Early Childhood Nutrition contains a wealth of information on various nutrition resources relevant to children nutrition and how to access them. Many entries have websites you can link to directly.

For further information please contact:
Lady Gowrie Tasmania
Ph: 6230 6800Fax: 6230 6833
Website: www.gowrie-tas.com.au
and / or
Community Nutrition Unit, DHHS
Telephone: (03) 6222 7222
Fax: (03) 6222 7252
Email: