Fuelling Everybody Every Day (FEED): 2-5 years program
Fuelling Everybody Every Day (FEED) is a food and nutrition education program based on a positive learning model and utilising food play and experiential learning. The program aims to improve the health outcomes of participating ACT children and young people living with atypical or disordered eating behaviours, who have limited food preferences which impact on their ability to consume a wide variety of healthy foods especially vegetables. The goal of the program is to increase consumption of nutritious foods, especially vegetables.
The program involves participating in a total of eight (8) sessions with a duration between 60 mins. These sessions will be delivered weekly, during the school term. The program will be delivered at Chifley Health Hub, Maclaurin Cres, Chifley.
Who should attend?
Caregivers and thier children, aged between 2-5 years, whose child experiences atypical eating behaviours, This includes:
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a lack of interest in food or eating.
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reluctant to try new food.
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selective about food due on consistency, appearance, taste, smell and /or temperature.
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limited food preferences and variability e.g. <20 foods.
FEED provides fun hands-on food exposure experiences to help children build a healthy relationship with food and increase dietary variability, with a focus on vegetables.
When
FEED runs once per week over eight (8) consecutive weeks. Participants are encouraged to attend ALL eight (8) session.
- Thursday 9 May 2024
- Thurdsay 16 May 2024
- Thursday 23 May 2024
- Thursday 30 May 2024
- Thursday 6 June 2024
- Thursday 13 June 2024
- Thursday 20 June 2024
- Thursday 27 June 2024
Each session runs from 10:00am - 11:00am.
Location
Chifley Health Hub
70 Maclaurin Cres , Chifley ACT 2606
Cost
FREE*
*Supported by the ACT Government under the ACT Health Promotion Grants Program.
Participant Information Form
Please click here to learn more about the Fuelling Everybody Every Day program and your involvement.
Your consent in taking part in this program is required on the booking page.
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