Good nutrition and physical activity are essential to a person’s health and wellbeing. They help prevent disease and improve quality of life.
To encourage this practice, the Department provides advice to shape state and national policies. These create programs and services that:
- encourage more healthy, fair and sustainable food systems
- increase active living opportunities across Victoria.
Some of these include:
- providing more nutrition information to help people make healthy choices. Delivered through kilojoule menu labelling legislation for large fast-food chain stores
- improving healthy food availability at sport facilities and hospitals through our Healthy Choices policy
- supporting the implementation of similar healthy food policies and guidelines in early years services and schools
- ensuring the Victorian Government takes the lead in procuring healthier and more sustainable food.
Healthy Choices
Healthy Choices is a framework that promotes access to healthier food and drink options from retail outlets, vending machines and catering.
Healthy and more sustainable food procurement
The department has developed a policy template and guide to support Victorian organisations adopt healthy and more sustainable food procurement practices.
Healthy food systems
Healthy food connect is about making healthy changes to local food systems.
Healthy eating programs and services
The Victorian Government supports the delivery of a range of programs and services that assist Victorians to eat well.
Healthy eating strategies, policies and guidelines
To take action and improve healthy eating in the community, the Victorian Government has developed healthy eating, prevention and public health strategies, policies and programs.
Evidence and data
The Victorian Government monitors food, nutrition and related health data to inform policies and interventions.
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