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      • Work health, safety and compensation
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      • Canteens in small schools
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      • Marketing Food at School workshops (ACT only)
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      • Fat
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      • Sodium/Salt
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    • 5 Food Groups
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      • Vegetables
      • Dairy
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    • Australian Dietary Guidelines
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    • Health promotion messages
    • Nutrient reference values
  • Position statements
    • Added sugar in food
    • Confectionery

Guidelines & recommended intakes

Nutrition can be complicated. That’s why there are so many guidelines helping us to make the healthiest choices. Here you’ll find a break down of:

Australian Dietary Guidelines

Australian Guide to Healthy Eating

The most recent state and federal health promotion messages

Nutrient Reference Values, and what they mean

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    • Dairy
    • Fruit
    • Grains, breads & cereals
    • Meat, poultry, fish, eggs and more
    • Vegetables
  • Drinks
    • Why Water?
    • Milk
    • Fruit juice
    • Sports drinks
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    • What is anaphylaxis?
    • Gluten free diets and coeliac disease
  • Guidelines & recommended intakes
    • Australian Dietary Guidelines
    • Australian Guide to Healthy Eating
    • Health promotion messages
    • Nutrient reference values
  • Position statements
    • Added sugar in food
    • Confectionery

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