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