Resources for Management
Lead your service with confidence using resources that support guideline implementation, menu planning and assessment, and staff development. .
Introduction
This section brings together tools, training, and practical advice to help you create a consistent, safe, and positive feeding environment.
This section brings together tools, training, and practical advice to help you create a consistent, safe, and positive feeding environment.
Guidelines (MPG, FD)
Understand the requirements of relevant nutrition guidelines and how to apply them in your service. This section helps you align your menus with best practice, support children’s nutrition, and meet regulatory expectations with confidence.
Provide tasty meals and snacks that meet infants’ nutrition needs.
Investing in best practice healthy menus
Set your service up for success with a clear approach to food provision and nutrition. This resource outlines key responsibilities, systems, and steps to support staff, meet guidelines, and create a positive feeding environment.
For management in early childhood services
Creating a policy
Including a commitment to meeting the relevant healthy eating guidelines in your organisation’s policies, supplier contracts and tenders will help to ensure your food services provide nutritious options for all who access them.
Promoting healthy eating
We have developed a range of resources to support your team in promoting healthier eating through your food service and other relevant activities.
Allergies and intolerances
Food allergies are common in Australia. Early childhood services who provide food to young children will need to plan their menus to accommodate children with food allergies. Some allergic reactions can be life-threatening, so it is important to know how to prepare and serve food safely for children with food allergies.
Cooks Network Directory
The Cooks Network directory is a list of existing Cooks networks across Victoria.
Training
Build your confidence in creating nutritious menus. These online trainings give you practical tools for menu planning, promoting healthy eating and keeping children supported and safe at mealtimes.
The Healthy Eating Advisory Service acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we operate. We pay our respects to them, their culture and their Elders past and present.
The Healthy Eating Advisory Service is delivered by experienced nutritionists and dietitians at National Nutrition Foundation, with support from the Victorian Government.
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