Early Childhood Nutrition

Overview

The purpose of the grant opportunity is to improve the nutrition of children in early childhood (0-5 years) by supporting activities that lead to improved dietary patterns in line with the Australian Dietary Guidelines. The grant opportunity will support activities that improve knowledge and skills (e.g. education sessions to parents on appropriate foods and recipes), develop and disseminate early childhood nutrition resources (e.g. posters, online tools or learning modules) or provide services to improve early childhood meal provision (e.g. provide menu assessments or menu planning tools). These activities may be targeted towards children (0 to 5 years), their parents or carers, early childhood health care providers, health professionals, early childhood educators, early childhood care organisations or food service providers in early childhood care or education settings. Grant recipients must have appropriate professional indemnity insurance. The objective of the grant opportunity is to improve the nutrition of children aged 0 to 5 years of age to support optimal health, development and reduce the risk of developing diet related chronic conditions and obesity. This will be achieved through supporting activities that increase alignment of children’s dietary patterns to the recommendations in the Australian Dietary Guidelines.  The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are: improved eating patterns for children aged 0 to 5 years; through increased adherence to the recommendations in the Australian Dietary Guidelines; and improved early childhood nutrition literacy and self-efficacy for children, parents, carers, educators, health professionals or early childhood education and care providers.   To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Go Documents" button on the left hand side.