Cholesterol - healthy eating tips
Cholesterol is a type of fat that is essential for the body. It has many good uses, but too much cholesterol in the blood can cause health problems. Healthy eating habits, such as choosing polyunsaturated and mono-unsaturated oils and reducing ... [... more]
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Budget Eating
There is a common perception that healthy eating is expensive. It's true that lean meat costs more than fattier cuts and low-fat milk costs more than full-cream milk, but not all healthy foods cost more and healthy eating cuts down on expensive ... [... more]
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Physical activity tips (1) - think active
Obesity increases the risk of chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes and heart disease. While there is no miracle cure, you can help to prevent most of these conditions through healthy eating and regular exercise. Around ... [... more]
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Tertiary students - healthy eating
When you start university, it's often the first time that you have lived away from home. You are now responsible for your own wellbeing. Part of looking after your health is eating properly. It's not difficult to shop carefully and cook healthy ... [... more]
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Childcare and healthy eating
Many children spend some time in childcare. It's important that they eat nutritious meals and are educated about healthy food. Childcare centres should have policies and menu plans available for you to read and comment on. Many children spend ... [... more]
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Dementia - how to encourage healthy eating
Meal times can become stressful for someone with dementia and their carers. Loss of memory and problems with judgement can cause difficulties with food, eating and nutrition for many people with dementia. Meal times provide us with an opportunity ... [... more]
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Healthy eating tips
A healthy diet should include a good variety of nutritious foods. These include breads, pastas, fruits and vegetables. Eating breakfast is also an important part of a healthy diet. Plenty of breads and cereals (particularly wholegrain), ... [... more]
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Healthy eating for kids
Eating well means eating a wide variety of foods that are healthy. Healthy foods contain the energy, minerals, vitamins or fibre you need to grow. You should eat lots of healthy foods like fruits, vegetables and bread. You can eat small amounts ... [... more]
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Diabetes and healthy eating
Healthy eating, combined with regular physical activity and weight control, is important to manage diabetes. People with diabetes should eat a diet based on high fibre carbohydrate foods, such as wholegrain breads and cereals, vegetables and ... [... more]
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Healthy eating tips - Q & A
Browse these questions on healthy eating. Our team of experts provide the answers. This article lists a range of questions on healthy eating which were posted by visitors to the Better Health Channel. Our experts provide the answers. Allowing for ... [... more]
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Eating tips for bottle-feeding mums
Bottle-feeding mums need fewer calories than breastfeeding mums. Nursing mums need an extra 2500 kilojoules a day to produce milk, whereas bottle feeding mums do not have any extra energy requirements. The key to healthy eating for bottle-feeding ... [... more]
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How to follow a low-GI diet
Eating low-GI is a key nutrition message that goes hand-in-hand with other healthy eating guidelines such as eat less saturated fats and eat more fruit and vegetables. Make an Internet search for any fad diet and you are likely to get as many ... [... more]
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