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 Auckland DHB public health dietitian Christine Cook and her team have been busy mobilizing local Pacific communities and educating retailers as part of the Healthy Kai in G.I. initiative. The retailers have been encouraged to adjust their menus and offer more vegetables with their dishes. The aim is to offer healthy, tasty, affordable alternatives to fatty staples such as fried chicken and chips. The National Heart Foundation of New Zealand backs the programme by providing optimal frying training for participating retailers. Other programme partners include the Auckland Regional Public Health Service, Auckland City Council and local Primary Healthcare Organisations.  Ta'i Matenga-Smith A short drive away is the Akoteu To’onga Fungani early childhood education centre and local Tongan Methodist church. Ta’i has got the church and pre-school to adopt healthy eating practices as part of the Healthy Village Action Zones programme. “Now the food served at the church has lots of vegetables and is lower in fat. We have 15 goals for our programme. If they achieve three of the goals they earn a bronze award, so that’s our first target, to get them to that stage. We’re working with 30 churches at the moment. The Glen Innes ‘Healthy Eating Healthy Action’ group have also been busy engaging local volunteers to spread the message through the community. This is essential to achieve change on the scale required. Retired school teacher Wini Duituturaga is one of the group’s ‘Glen Innes champions’ – individuals who are committed to making a difference to the health of their community. Wini is helping the team connect with the local Fijian community. “I distribute the Healthy Kai leaflets and I’m going to make a time to talk to my community through our church. At our church we cook and I have introduced a Fijian curried chicken with vegetables recipe, which is healthy. This recipe is now being published and distributed in the community.” “To qualify as Healthy Kai, food has to contain less than 10% fat and preferably be served with some vegetables in it,” says Ta’i. “It’s about offering people a real choice and getting them to try different flavours that get away from the flavours of fatty or fried food.” Healthy Kai in GI Slideshow Feedback on this story (1)
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| Healthy Kai is a great initiative! You might be interested in disseminating additional free health messages, targeted at Pacific Islanders - www.thehealthyislander.com Maybe you want to inform clients, if interested, I am happy to send small flyers. kindly katja |
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