Smart Choices - Healthy Food and Drink Supply Strategy for Queensland Schools
Healthy Food and Drink Supply Strategy for Queensland Schools
In recent years, levels of overweight and obesity in children and young people have increased dramatically. Overweight and obesity is usually a result of excess energy intake through eating too much food or the wrong type of food, combined with doing too little physical activity or being inactive for too much of the day.
The Healthy Food and Drink Supply Strategy for Queensland Schools is all about offering healthy food and drink choices to students in Queensland schools.
School food and drink supply includes all situations where food is supplied in the school environment - tuckshops, vending machines, school excursions, school camps, fundraising, classroom rewards, school events such as celebrations and sports days, and food used in curriculum activities.
Implementation of the strategy will be phased to allow schools sufficient time to review their food and drink supply and make necessary changes.
During 2006, schools should review their current practices and begin making the necessary changes to the food and drinks they supply to students. By 1 January 2007, implementation of the Smart Choices - Healthy Food and Drink Supply Strategy for Queensland Schools will be mandatory in all state schools.
A Smart Choices Resource package has been developed to assist schools in implementing the strategy. The package comprises:
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