Get advice about the amount and kinds of foods that we need to eat for health and wellbeing. This resource helps all users follow recommendations from the Australian Dietary Guidelines and Infant Feeding Guidelines.
Structure and features
Learn about eating well, choosing nutritious foods and healthy recipes, using calculators to help you estimate your energy (kilojoule) needs, and what nutrients your body needs each day from the five food groups.
- Guidelines
- Food essentials
- Eating well
- Online nutrition calculators
- Online food balance game
For families
Choose nutritious foods and healthy recipes, and read advice and tips on eating a balanced diet based on the five food groups.
For teachers
Support and plan your 'healthy eating' unit of work with these resources:
- interactive for R-2: the 'Five Food Groups Balance Game'
- junior primary: use the 'Five Food Groups Balance Game' to plan a healthy day of meals and snacks and play the 'walk the tightrope' game
- years 4-8: use the 'eat for health' calculator to determine their daily energy needs, nutrient requirements, daily serves needed from each of the five food groups, and learn to read food labels and determine healthy foods in the home fridge and pantry.
Teacher notes
Australian Curriculum
- Strand – personal, social and community health.
- Focus area – food and nutrition.
- Cross curriculum links – English, Maths.
