Course Description

Promote and provide healthy food and drinks

This online course is aligned with the Unit of Competency CHCECE004 Promote and provide healthy food and drinks in the Certificate III & Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care qualifications. This course will support your knowledge and skills required to promote healthy eating and ensure that food and drinks provided are nutritious, appropriate for each child and prepared in a safe and hygienic manner.

In collaboration with Gowrie Training & Consultancy the content for this nutrition course was provided by Public Health Services, Department of Health and Human Services. The information is accurate at the time of development (April 2016).

Gowrie Training & Consultancy

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Promote and provide healthy food and drinks

    • Introduction

    • Course overview
  • 2

    Chapter 1

    • Promoting healthy nutrition

    • Why is good nutrition important?

    • Nutrition and Infancy - Breastfeeding

    • Dental caries

    • Dental resources

    • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • 3

    Chapter 2

    • Australian Dietary Guidelines

    • The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating

    • Get Up & Grow

    • Education and Care setting

    • Nutrition Policy

    • Drinks for children

    • Reading food labels

    • Menu planning

    • Lunchboxes

    • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • 4

    Chapter 3

    • Food safety

    • Food contamination

    • Food handling

    • Food safety myths - adapted from http://www.foodsafety.asn.au/

    • Food allergy, intolerance and anaphylaxis

    • Managing food allergens in Education and Care settings

    • Chapter 3 Quiz
  • 5

    Course Feedback Survey

    • Feedback survey

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