Choose a Variety of Foods Everyday Poster
After being asked a number of times to make a poster available following a similar food plate being used in the popular Be Healthy; Be Active booklet, nutritionists at Nestlé have worked closely with the New Zealand Nutrition Foundation and the Millennium Institute of Sport & Health to provide this poster.
The poster focuses on the food groups that should be eaten on a daily basis, giving common food examples and showing the number of serves to aim for.
As a guide to serve sizes; use the size of a closed fist to represent a piece of fruit, vegetables or carbohydrates. Use the palm of your hand to represent a serve of meat. A serve size of dairy is a glass of milk, a pottle of yoghurt or match-box sized piece of cheese. To estimate serve sizes for children, use their hand size as an approximate guide.
For further information on serve sizes, foods from the food groups and nutrient requirements, follow the links below to the Ministry of Health Food & Nutrition Guidelines -
For adults please click here:
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/0/07BC6DBE764FDABBCC256DDB006D9AB4/$File/foodandnutritionguidelines-adults.pdf
See page 97 of the document for more info.
For children please click here:
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/82f4780aa066f8d7cc2570bb006b5d4d/bb6a138873b7c9af4c25667100010465/$FILE/child212.pdf
See page 52 of the document for more info.
To download click here or A3 copies can be ordered FREE of charge for schools and institutions, while stocks last.