Nutrition & Physical Activity Program
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Nutrition & Physical Activity Program
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Where Public Health Nutritionists work
Darwin 1 urban nutritionist 4 remote nutritionists 1 Nutrition Advisor AHW
Nhulunbuy 2 nutritionists
Katherine 1 nutritionist
Tennant Creek 1 nutritionist
Alice Springs 1 urban nutritionist 6 remote nutritionists
40 0 40 80 120 160kilometres
Darwin
Nhulunbuy
Katherine
Tennant Creek
Alice Springs
District CentreCommunity
Legend
Major Road
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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
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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
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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
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Food Food Supply
• Fruit and vegetable promotion
• Remote indigenous stores and takeaways
•Supporting stores licensing
•Market Basket Survey
•Staff training
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Participation in regular physical activity
• Community activities – walking groups, activities with sport and rec officers, other activity programs
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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
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Prevention and management of preventable chronic disease
Resource development
Staff in-services
Group education
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External Partnerships
DET – Childhood Healthy Weight Project DEEWR – School Nutrition Program FAHCSIA – Stores Licensing Outback Stores Research
Menzies Good Food Systems Project Remote Indigenous Perspectives of Physical Activity
Fred Hollows Foundation – Early Childhood Anaemia Project
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Participation on National Committees
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