NATIONAL NUTRITION WEEK 2021
- Labrador Park Medical
- Oct 11, 2021
- 1 min read
It's October and it's time for National Nutrition Week 2021.
During this week, we spread awareness around healthy eating, moderation and moving towards a holistic approach towards life.
According to Australian Dietary Guidelines, aiming for optimum health involves the following steps:
Achieve and maintain a healthy weight, be physically active and choose
amounts of nutritious food and drinks to meet your energy needs.
Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods from these five food groups
every day
Limit intake of foods containing saturated fat, added salt, added sugars
and alcohol
Encourage, support and promote breastfeeding
Care for your food; prepare and store it safely
SOURCE: Australian Dietary Guidelines
At Labrador Park Medical, we have our in-house dietitian Lyn Pollock who specialises in providing consultations for health eating, chronic disease related diet, aged care nutrition, weight management amongst other .
Book an appointment by calling us (07) 5537 3300.
Click to see LYN POLLOCK's Page
You can also check for healthy eating resources here: Tryfor5
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