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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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The adolescent diet

The key components for a healthy adolescent lifestyle.

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.

HealthEd resources

HealthEd resources

Health resources in various languages to support New Zealand communities.

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).

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 ...

People choose food based on religion, culture, location, intolerance or allergies.

Tips for food safety

Follow the 3Cs – clean, cook and chill food to keep safe from bugs.

These nutrient-packed foods can help you fight disease and feel more energetic.

Body mass index

Calculate your body mass index using your height and weight.

A gallery of items related to healthy living for children.

A brief history of the pyramid

The evolution of the Healthy Eating Pyramid.

What is an allergy and other related information?

5 ways to a healthy lifestyle

Making healthy choices for a healthy lifestyle.

Crunch the numbers

Standard –based maths lesson plans to make fruits and vegetables a part of healthy living.

Eating & drinking

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

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.

Build a healthy eating lifestyle by making smart changes to your diet.

Diabetes overview

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

The 16 best healthy, edible plants to grow indoors

You don’t need to be a farmer to home grow produce.

Negative effects of junk food

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

What the world eats

Consumptions patterns of different counties of the world.

Top 10 worst foods for kids to eat

Many foods specifically manufactured for and marketed to children are lacking in nutrients.

What does organic mean and why should we eat organic?

Northland kids teeth

Northland kids teeth among New Zealand’s worse.

Food and nutrition guidelines

Food and nutrition guidelines for healthy children and young people.

Healthy kids quiz

Reckon you keep yourself fit and healthy?

A bike is a great way to get fit.

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.

20 Foods bad for your health

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

5 Reasons girls should play sport

According to the Women's Sports Foundation, girls who play sports get a lot more than just fit.

Eating disorders

Types of eating disorders, the causes and symptoms.

Garden to table

The Garden to Table programme aims to teach growing and cooking skills, collective responsibility for the environment, and healthy eating .

The food that we call sugar is a carbohydrate.

Vegetarian - it's more than not eating meat

There are really 6 forms of vegetarian eating.

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...

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.

A poster showing essential food groups and the appropriate servings.

Unhealthy lunches

Unhealthy lunches marketed to school children.

Advertising card for 1967 Health stamps.

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.

Department Of Health Posters

Department Of Health Posters

Teen Issues

Bullying, self-esteem, anxiety, online peer pressure, relationships and drug and alcohol addiction are some issues facing teens. Explore how agencies like Youthline and reliable sites (Teen Health)...

Hauora: Mental Health and Physical Well-being

Hauora: Mental Health and Physical Well-being

There is connection between the state of the mind and physical well-being. This topic covers signs and symptoms of mental health and hauora, problems and help agencies such as Te Whare Marie and Me...

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...

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 ...

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.

These pages from Many Answers will guide you to reviewed websites and databases on many health topics.

Recognizing and avoiding junk food kids like to eat.

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.

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.

Life education learning with Harold

Investigate healthy food and healthy bodies with Harold the Giraffe.

Reimagining school sports

A video exploring how to get more children of all abilities involved in interschool sports.

Health, fitness and training

Health and fitness information from BBC Bitesize aimed at secondary students.

Centre for young women’s health

An award-winning health website for young women.

Te Whare Tapa Whā

An image of the Māori health model.

Child and youth health data and stats

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

KidsHealth staying healthy

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

Healthy futures: eat well, play well

A collection of information on eating well and staying active for all New Zealanders.

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.

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.

How to create a healthy plate

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

Build a healthy eating lifestyle by making smart changes to your diet.

These traditional diets can lead to long lives

Diets developed over generations based on whole grains, greens, nuts, and beans offer the promise of eluding disease and staying healthy.

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Food gives us energy, it helps us grow and it tastes good. We can get sick if we don't eat the right amount or right...

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