The key to healthy eating is to eat a variety of foods. This will help you achieve a well-balanced diet and good nutrition and help prevent disease.
Eat Well, Live Well
Our new Eat Well, Live Well toolkit aims to help everyone to eat well and live well by providing trustworthy information and practical ideas to support healthy eating.
Eat Healthy
Community gardens
Community gardens are places where people come together to grow food. The benefits of involvement in community gardens include improved health and well-being, environmental sustainability, food security, social inclusion, education and training, economic development, cultural vitality and community resilience.
Geelong community kitchens
A Community Kitchen is a group of people who come together on a regular basis to cook, socialise and enjoy good food. Each group decides how their kitchen will run, how often they will meet and what food they will prepare. Community Kitchens can run anywhere there is an existing kitchen facility. This includes:
Schools - Neighbourhood houses - Community health services - Churches - Service clubs - Private businesses
Markets and food swaps
You can find fruit and vegetables on sale at our regional markets.
Why not visit food swap locations to swap excess homegrown produce and gardening extras?!
Australian Dietary Guidelines
View the recommendations to achieve and maintain a healthy weight online now.
Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods everyday and drink plenty of water.
LiveLighter
LiveLighter is a new public health program taking you inside your own body. Learn about toxic fat, then use interactive tools to assess your health risk.
Follow it up by making the most of our resources, delicious recipes and expert tips. Visit the LiveLighter website to get started today.
Check out the new sugary drinks calculator.
Healthy tips
Healthy eating links