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Dealing with Eating Disorders
Those with eating disorders have an unhealthy relationship with the food they eat; the disorders are often connected to issues of fitness and body image. Dealing with Eating Disorders explores what these disorders are like, how they affect people's lives, and today's best treatment options.
Publication Date: 2020
Eating Disorders
This encyclopedia offers a variety of resources for readers interested in learning more about eating disorders, including hundreds of reference entries, interviews, scholarly debates, and case studies.While many people may reflexively imagine an anorexic or bulimia teenage girl upon being asked to think about eating disorders, eating disorders are a form of mental illness that can take many forms and affect individuals of all genders, ages, and ethnic backgrounds. In fact, an estimated eight million people in the United States struggle with an eating disorder, making eating disorders one of the most prevalent forms of mental illness in America. This two-volume encyclopedia comprehensively examines eating disorders as the forms they can take; their causes and potential complications; and how they can best be treated and prevented. It also examines the influence had by cultural factors such as the fashion industry, television and movies, and social media. More than just a simple A-to-Z reference, Eating Disorders: Understanding Causes, Controversies, and Treatment also includes valuable features such as Q&A interviews with those affected by and working to combat eating disorders, case studies, scholarly essays that voice opinions in key debates, and a directory of resources for individuals seeking help.
Publication Date: 2018
Food safety
Food safety is the concept that food will not cause harm to the consumer when prepared and/or eaten according to its intended use. In Australia we rely on food safety standards to protect us from food-borne illness and food poisoning caused by poor handling, contamination, storage and temperature issues. Who is responsible for food safety in Australia? What can we do ourselves as cooks and consumers to minimise exposure to food poisoning? This book is a comprehensive guide featuring food safety tips on handling, hygiene and contamination. The book also explains symptoms, causes and labelling information in relation to food allergies, additives and intolerances. You are what you eat - ensure you eat food in the knowledge it is safe.
Publication Date: 2016
Websites - Promote healthy eating
Australian Guide to Health Eating
The Australian guide to healthy eating is a food selection guide which visually represents the proportion of the five food groups recommended for consumption each day.
Canteen Operations
WA School Canteen Association Inc.
Crunch&Sip
Participating in a daily Crunch&Sip break provides an opportunity for children to drink water and eat an extra serve of vegetables or fruit to support good health and to help with learning and concentration in the classroom.
Food Bank - Nom!
Great dishes can be made by anyone – not just Michelin Star chefs. We all have the potential to create great things – and nom! is here to help you unleash that potential. Bringing nutrition education and cooking programs to Western Australia – it’s something we’ve been doing for a little while now.
Get up and grow - Director/coordinator handbook
This Get Up & Grow booklet provides advice on early childhood healthy eating and physical activity, how to develop nutrition and physical activity policies and ways to support and encourage staff, carers and families.
Get up and grow - Staff and carer handbook
This Get Up & Grow booklet is for child health and early childhood professionals. It provides advice about child nutrition and physical activity.
Get up and grow booklet - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander handbook
This Get Up & Grow booklet is for people who care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. It provides advice on childhood nutrition and physical activity.
Healthy Eating Advisory Service
Your service can make a big difference when it comes to creating a healthy eating environment. When children eat well they learn better, are more alert and are more likely to grow and develop to their full potential. By providing foods and drinks that support health and wellbeing for children at your service, you can help them establish healthy eating habits from the earliest years in life! Plus, you'll also be addressing the healthy eating requirements of the National Quality Standard, Quality Area 2 - Children's Health and Safety.
Nutrition Australia
Inspiring healthy eating
WASPHA - Food and Nutrition
Lots of useful resources to promote health eating.
Websites - Allergies
Allergens
WA School Canteen Association Inc.
Allergy and Anaphylaxis Australia
Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) is a charitable, not-for-profit organisation. Our purpose is to listen, guide and educate Australians living with allergic disease.
Allergy Aware
The Allergy Aware website is a resource hub that aims to provide people working in schools, children’s education and care services and camps, as well as parents, health professionals and students, with information and practical resources to manage severe allergies in the school and children’s education and care settings.
Food allergens
Allergy and Anaphylaxis Australia
Food allergies in schools
Western Australia. Department of Education.
Food allergy
Allergy and Anaphylaxis Australia
Articles
Supporting Nutrition for Australian Childcare (SNAC)
The provision of a nutritious diet in a child's early years can have an immense effect on their future health and wellbeing. Due to the increasing number of children attending child care, this setting is strategically placed for teaching children important food literacy skills and establishing positive eating habits, which remain through to adulthood.
What's on the Menus?
Department of Education's Health Food and Drink Policy - refer to What's on the menu for information on canteen/food service menu choices. Colour coding menu choices 'green' or 'amber' can help students and parents make informed selections
Young kids Failing to get adequate nutrition in early childcare centres, research suggests
Research suggests young children are going hungry in early childhood centres, being given food that doesn't meet dietary standards, and childcare workers are giving kids their own food.
Healthy Food Guide
Western Australia. Department of Education
Books
Food allergy
Many of us dislike certain foods and food can sometimes make us feel unwell, but only two percent of people have a real food allergy. This book will help you understand what a food allergy is and how it affects people.
Publication Date: 2013
Food safety
Food safety is the concept that food will not cause harm to the consumer when prepared and/or eaten according to its intended use. In Australia we rely on food safety standards to protect us from food-borne illness and food poisoning caused by poor handling, contamination, storage and temperature issues. Who is responsible for food safety in Australia? What can we do ourselves as cooks and consumers to minimise exposure to food poisoning? This book is a comprehensive guide featuring food safety tips on handling, hygiene and contamination. The book also explains symptoms, causes and labelling information in relation to food allergies, additives and intolerances. You are what you eat - ensure you eat food in the knowledge it is safe.
Publication Date: 2016
Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child
HEALTH, SAFETY, AND NUTRITION FOR THE YOUNG CHILD, 9th Edition, covers contemporary health, safety, and nutrition needs of infant through school-age children--and guides teachers in implementing effective classroom practices--in one comprehensive, full-color volume. Concepts are backed by the latest research findings and linked to NAEYC standards. The book emphasizes the importance of respecting and partnering with families to help children establish healthy lifestyles and achieve their learning potential. Early childhood educators, professionals, and families will find the latest research and information on many topics of significant concern, including food safety, emergency and disaster preparedness, childhood obesity, children's mental health, bullying, resilience, chronic and acute health conditions, environmental quality, and children with special medical needs. Also provided are easy-to-access checklists, guidelines, and activities that no early childhood student or professional should be without.
Publication Date: 2014
Safety, Nutrition and Health in Early Education
SAFETY, NUTRITION, AND HEALTH IN EARLY EDUCATION, Sixth Edition, uses theory, practical applications, and resources to prepare readers for a career in working with children from birth to age eight in multicultural and socioeconomically diverse early childhood settings. This book emphasizes healthy development, including environmental health and safety, active supervision, and how issues surrounding safety, nutrition, health, child maltreatment, and mental and emotional health can affect brain development. It also fully integrates NAEYC, DAP, and AAP/APHA professional standards throughout, and includes strategies for how to engage diverse families from various backgrounds and beliefs, and also those whose children have special needs.
Publication Date: 2015
Junior Fiction
Allergy Possible!
Allergy Possible! Looking at what I CAN DO instead of what I can't. My name is Claire and I have something important to share: It's not easy being a kid with multiple life-threatening allergies. I often feel overwhelmed and excluded from lots of fun activities. However, the more I focus on my allergy limitations, the more upset and frustrated I become. Is there a way to not feel so doomed and bummed? Can I find a way to feel safe, happy, and thrive in spite of my life-threatening allergy conundrum? Allergy Possible! Is a picture book that spreads awareness about what it's like to be a child living with life-threatening anaphylaxis and the story is very relatable for children who have life-threatening allergies. It's also the perfect book for caregivers, teachers, family members and friends. Learning about anaphylaxis is as important as learning the Heimlich Maneuver or CPR. Every child and adult should be aware of anaphylaxis and how serious it is, so that they can potentially help to save a life. AN ADDED BONUS for Parents: There are helpful tips in the back of this book as well as a website URL and QR Code that will give you access to FREE, yummy recipes!
Ben & Izzy's story : living with anaphylaxis
Using the children's real first-person testimonies creates an intimate and direct tone that help us to empathise with the people's differences. Both circumstances are easily relatable to children; they talk about school, family, friends, holidays and birthday parties.
ISBN: 9781445156620
My healthy tummy
Children's picture book which encourages early food and nutrition literacy skills.
Pete the peanut
An introductory resource for kids of all ages to read with their parents, families, teachers, carers or specialists. Information is presented with photographic illustrations to ensure there is no room for "make-believe". A clear reminder that allergies are REAL. Reactions are REAL. Each of us is at different stages and plays various roles along the allergy journey, a journey nobody processes in precisely the same way. With that in mind, Pete the Peanut is a resource that is designed to dip in and out of as opportunities along their unique relationship living with allergies are presented.
When we are hungry
Children's picture book which encourages early food and nutrition literacy skills.
Dealing with Eating Disorders
Those with eating disorders have an unhealthy relationship with the food they eat; the disorders are often connected to issues of fitness and body image. Dealing with Eating Disorders explores what these disorders are like, how they affect people's lives, and today's best treatment options.
Eating Disorders
This encyclopedia offers a variety of resources for readers interested in learning more about eating disorders, including hundreds of reference entries, interviews, scholarly debates, and case studies.While many people may reflexively imagine an anorexic or bulimia teenage girl upon being asked to think about eating disorders, eating disorders are a form of mental illness that can take many forms and affect individuals of all genders, ages, and ethnic backgrounds. In fact, an estimated eight million people in the United States struggle with an eating disorder, making eating disorders one of the most prevalent forms of mental illness in America. This two-volume encyclopedia comprehensively examines eating disorders as the forms they can take; their causes and potential complications; and how they can best be treated and prevented. It also examines the influence had by cultural factors such as the fashion industry, television and movies, and social media. More than just a simple A-to-Z reference, Eating Disorders: Understanding Causes, Controversies, and Treatment also includes valuable features such as Q&A interviews with those affected by and working to combat eating disorders, case studies, scholarly essays that voice opinions in key debates, and a directory of resources for individuals seeking help.
Food safety
Food safety is the concept that food will not cause harm to the consumer when prepared and/or eaten according to its intended use. In Australia we rely on food safety standards to protect us from food-borne illness and food poisoning caused by poor handling, contamination, storage and temperature issues. Who is responsible for food safety in Australia? What can we do ourselves as cooks and consumers to minimise exposure to food poisoning? This book is a comprehensive guide featuring food safety tips on handling, hygiene and contamination. The book also explains symptoms, causes and labelling information in relation to food allergies, additives and intolerances. You are what you eat - ensure you eat food in the knowledge it is safe.
Food allergy
Many of us dislike certain foods and food can sometimes make us feel unwell, but only two percent of people have a real food allergy. This book will help you understand what a food allergy is and how it affects people.
Food safety
Food safety is the concept that food will not cause harm to the consumer when prepared and/or eaten according to its intended use. In Australia we rely on food safety standards to protect us from food-borne illness and food poisoning caused by poor handling, contamination, storage and temperature issues. Who is responsible for food safety in Australia? What can we do ourselves as cooks and consumers to minimise exposure to food poisoning? This book is a comprehensive guide featuring food safety tips on handling, hygiene and contamination. The book also explains symptoms, causes and labelling information in relation to food allergies, additives and intolerances. You are what you eat - ensure you eat food in the knowledge it is safe.
Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child
HEALTH, SAFETY, AND NUTRITION FOR THE YOUNG CHILD, 9th Edition, covers contemporary health, safety, and nutrition needs of infant through school-age children--and guides teachers in implementing effective classroom practices--in one comprehensive, full-color volume. Concepts are backed by the latest research findings and linked to NAEYC standards. The book emphasizes the importance of respecting and partnering with families to help children establish healthy lifestyles and achieve their learning potential. Early childhood educators, professionals, and families will find the latest research and information on many topics of significant concern, including food safety, emergency and disaster preparedness, childhood obesity, children's mental health, bullying, resilience, chronic and acute health conditions, environmental quality, and children with special medical needs. Also provided are easy-to-access checklists, guidelines, and activities that no early childhood student or professional should be without.
Healthy cooking for children : 52 brilliant ideas to dump the junk
Kids food health 3
Safety, Nutrition and Health in Early Education
SAFETY, NUTRITION, AND HEALTH IN EARLY EDUCATION, Sixth Edition, uses theory, practical applications, and resources to prepare readers for a career in working with children from birth to age eight in multicultural and socioeconomically diverse early childhood settings. This book emphasizes healthy development, including environmental health and safety, active supervision, and how issues surrounding safety, nutrition, health, child maltreatment, and mental and emotional health can affect brain development. It also fully integrates NAEYC, DAP, and AAP/APHA professional standards throughout, and includes strategies for how to engage diverse families from various backgrounds and beliefs, and also those whose children have special needs.
Allergy Possible!
Allergy Possible! Looking at what I CAN DO instead of what I can't. My name is Claire and I have something important to share: It's not easy being a kid with multiple life-threatening allergies. I often feel overwhelmed and excluded from lots of fun activities. However, the more I focus on my allergy limitations, the more upset and frustrated I become. Is there a way to not feel so doomed and bummed? Can I find a way to feel safe, happy, and thrive in spite of my life-threatening allergy conundrum? Allergy Possible! Is a picture book that spreads awareness about what it's like to be a child living with life-threatening anaphylaxis and the story is very relatable for children who have life-threatening allergies. It's also the perfect book for caregivers, teachers, family members and friends. Learning about anaphylaxis is as important as learning the Heimlich Maneuver or CPR. Every child and adult should be aware of anaphylaxis and how serious it is, so that they can potentially help to save a life. AN ADDED BONUS for Parents: There are helpful tips in the back of this book as well as a website URL and QR Code that will give you access to FREE, yummy recipes!
Ben & Izzy's story : living with anaphylaxis
Using the children's real first-person testimonies creates an intimate and direct tone that help us to empathise with the people's differences. Both circumstances are easily relatable to children; they talk about school, family, friends, holidays and birthday parties.
My healthy tummy
Children's picture book which encourages early food and nutrition literacy skills.
Pete the peanut
An introductory resource for kids of all ages to read with their parents, families, teachers, carers or specialists. Information is presented with photographic illustrations to ensure there is no room for "make-believe". A clear reminder that allergies are REAL. Reactions are REAL. Each of us is at different stages and plays various roles along the allergy journey, a journey nobody processes in precisely the same way. With that in mind, Pete the Peanut is a resource that is designed to dip in and out of as opportunities along their unique relationship living with allergies are presented.
When we are hungry
Children's picture book which encourages early food and nutrition literacy skills.