Nutrition Physical Activity Program Where Public Health Nutritionists

Nutrition & Physical Activity Program

Where Public Health Nutritionists work q Darwin 1 urban nutritionist q 4 remote nutritionists q 1 Nutrition Advisor AHW q q Nhulunbuy q q Katherine q q 1 nutritionist Tennant Creek q q 2 nutritionists 1 nutritionist Alice Springs 1 urban nutritionist q 6 remote nutritionists q 2

The Nutrition and Physical Activity Team The main role of the team is the implementation of the NT Nutrition and Physical Activity Action Plan by capacity building through: • Training • Support • Communication and networking • Promotion and advocacy • Monitoring and surveillance 3

Nutrition & Physical Activity Program Action Plan 2007 - 2012 Priorities for action • Maternal and child nutrition • Food Supply • Participation in regular physical activity • Healthy weight for all • Prevention and management of preventable chronic diseases 4

Maternal and Child Nutrition • Antenatal education sessions • Infant feeding • Healthy Under 5’s program • Schools in-servicing teachers nutrition education sessions implementing policy for canteens • Childcare and playgroups in-servicing staff menu planning 5

Food Supply • Fruit and vegetable promotion • Remote indigenous stores and takeaways • Supporting stores licensing • Market Basket Survey • Staff training 6

Participation in regular physical activity • Community activities – walking groups, activities with sport and rec officers, other activity programs 7

Healthy Weight for All • Eat Better, Move More – healthy weight and physical activity program for remote communities • development of facilitators’ manual and training program for indigenous facilitators • training and support for indigenous facilitators 8

Prevention and management of preventable chronic disease Resource development Staff in-services Group education 9

External Partnerships q q q DET – Childhood Healthy Weight Project DEEWR – School Nutrition Program FAHCSIA – Stores Licensing Outback Stores Research q Menzies Good Food Systems Project q Remote Indigenous Perspectives of Physical Activity q q Fred Hollows Foundation – Early Childhood Anaemia Project 10

Participation on National Committees q q q National Healthy School Canteen Policy Food and Nutrition Subcommittee of APHDPC Healthy Communities Initiative – COAG Preventative Health Taskforce National Food Security Strategy in Remote Indigenous Communities - COAG Co-OPS Collaboration of Community-based Obesity Prevention Sites National Network of Physical Activity Taskforces 11