Fast Foods

Follow the links below to find information on 'fast foods', including takeaway foods and fast healthy food options.

Reviewed May 2008

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Title:   Eating tips for teenagers
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Good nutrition is essential for growing teenagers. A teenager who eats fast food regularly, tends to have a diet that is low in fruit, vegetables and fibre, and is more likely to put on weight than a teenager who eats fast food only occasionally.
Date:   May 2008

Title:   Eating out
Publisher:   Diabetes Australia - NSW
Description:   Dining out is one of life's great pleasures, but does this mean that you have to compromise your healthy low fat, high fibre diet? The answer is no: careful food choices at restaurants and takeaways is the key!
Date:   Mar 2008

Title:   Eating healthy food
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Many restaurants and cafes have special children's menus that are child sized but are often fatty salty foods. Some places have 'help yourself' bars so you can choose to eat healthy.
Date:   Dec 2007

Title:   Nutrition: Student factsheet
Publisher:   Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc
Description:   Young women's eating habits often change due to part-time work, a generally more independent lifestyle and concerns about body image and weight. This student factsheet provides information on the nutritional requirements for a person of their age to help them make better food choices.
Date:   Nov 2007

Title:   Media release. Quick serve restaurant roundtable agrees to reduce transfats and saturated fats
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A roundtable of Australian Quick Serve Restaurant Industry representatives met on 26 September to report on their progress in removing artificial trans fatty acids from their products.
Date:   Sep 2007

Title:   Food to have sometimes
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Some foods should only be eaten occasionally. These 'extra foods' (sometimes called junk food) are foods like potato chips, chocolate, cakes, lollies, soft drinks and some takeaway food like hamburgers and hotdogs. These foods are usually low in nutrients and high in salt, sugar or fat. They are 'extras' to be enjoyed occasionally.
Date:   Mar 2007

Title:   Media release. Quick Serve Restaurant Roundtable agrees to work on reducing transfats
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A Roundtable of Australian Quick Serve Restaurant industry representatives have agreed to a September timetable to draft plans to remove artificial transfats from their products.
Date:   Mar 2007

Title:   Cooking tips for busy people
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Australians spend about one third of their household budget on convenience foods such as takeaway and supermarket ready-to-eat meals. If you lack the time or motivation to cook, the suggestions in this article may be helpful.
Date:   Oct 2006

Title:   Fast food
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   In the 'olden days' when there were no televisions or video games, people ate all their meals at home or sometimes at another family's home.
Date:   Sep 2006

Title:   Overweight and obesity: growing problems
Publisher:   Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc
Description:   This article will look at how the weight of our population has increased, the contributing factors and what steps are being taken to address the situation.
Date:   Dec 2002

Title:   Takeaway food
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   In the average household, 8 per cent of the food budget is spent on takeaway food. And the trend could be increasing.
Date:   May 2002

Title:   Cooking skills
Publisher:   Healthy Eating Club
Description:   Recent evidence suggests that there has been a gradual decline in cooking skills over the past few decades.
Date:   Apr 2001

Title:   Eating out safely
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   The Food Safety Information Council has stressed the importance of education on food handling and safety procedures.
Date:   Mar 2001

Title:   Eating away from home: how to make sure food is safe
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Avoiding food poisoning with restaurant and take away food.
Date:   Nov 1997
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