Most Peninsula school canteens assessed as healthy
Most schools on the Peninsula have been officially assessed as healthy by the NSW Healthy School Canteen Menu Check Service.
Empire Bay, Ettalong, Pretty Beach, Woy Woy and Woy Woy South Public Schools were all certified under the program, as was Brisbane Water Secondary College Umina campus.
Central Coast Health nutritionist Ms Lesley Marshall said these school canteens had shown their commitment to promoting healthy eating.
She said the NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy provided food and drink criteria to guide school canteens to promote healthy food and drinks.
"The canteens are all providing an important service to their school community in guiding students to make great nutritional choices while they are young," Ms Marshall said.
"It is great to see so many Central Coast school canteens already meeting the strategy and I know there are many more that have been working hard to transition to the new criteria.
"All NSW public school canteens have until the end of 2019 to transition to the new food and drink criteria," she said.
Ms Marshall said many of the schools had been creative in making the changes.
"One school offers a Beany Bun which is simply baked beans on a bread roll, and another a Stacks-on Burger which is filled with healthy salad.
"We are really impressed with what these schools have achieved," Ms Marshall said.
SOURCE:
Media release, 10 Dec 2018
Sharna Ryan, Central Coast Local Health District