Parentsvoice.org.au Website Review

Parents’ Voice is an online network of parents who are interested in improving the food and activity environments of Australian children. Started in 2004 and now represents THOUSANDS of Australian parents. Promoting healthy eating, physical activity and challenging schools to improve meal options. For years there has been a chasm between what Fast Food shows in their ads and what they serve in store. During one of our most recent trips to the local supermarket, my 4-year-old asked me this question... The following article was written by Yasmine Probst, University of Wollongong and Ruth Crowe, Unive... SUBMISSION TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE INTO THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC IN AUSTRALIA. In July, we asked you what you thought were the most pressing issues that the Senate Select Committ.. Rachel wanted to introduce a healthy food policy for her twins' primary school cante*n after she noticed that it was ‘kind of average' and left a lot of room for improvement. She started out by writing letters to the school council with her ideas, but it was only during a conversation with the school's principal that she was advised to actually sit on the school council to get the issues on the school's agenda. Rachel knew that she would not get very far without the support of the wider school community, so she and the school council surveyed school parents on what they saw as important for food in schools. What came out of that was a desire for a focus on health and environmental sustainability. Rachel and the school council then began researching existing school food policies and related programs in other schools to shape theirs. The policy went back and forth many times for review between the council, parents and staff before receiving the final seal of approval. Rachel has learned that nothing is going to happen overnight, and if you want to improve a problem, Kate's son's kindergarten runs up to eight fundraisers per year, so it was important to Kate that they didn't rely on convenient chocolate