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What’s the issue?

Poor diets and food related waste- with detrimental consequences for future generations, and the planet.

NUTRITION

94% of Australian kids are not eating the recommended amounts of fruit and vegetables,
Approximately 25% of Australian children and adolescents were classified as overweight or obese, and almost 70% of Australian adults (2021 data),
Diet significantly impacts growth, development, behaviour, emotional regulation, and successful learning and,
Diet-related health issues lead to cardiovascular diseases; the number one cause of death in the western world.

WASTE

The average school lunchbox contains 4-6x disposable soft plastic wrappers,
Australians dispose of about 2.7 million tonnes of plastic each year and,
Approximately 30% of total waste in Australia is food waste, with an estimated 7.6 million tonnes of food, across the supply chain, wasted each year.

Why is this happening?

Because processed foods are convenient, as well as tasty, moreish, beautifully wrapped, have a long shelf-life, and invariably cheaper than fresher foods. The Tuck Box Initiative team is convinced that there is another way…

Our Solutions

EMPOWER – EDUCATE – ENCOURAGE

to create long-term, healthy habits.

Programs & Resources:

The Tuck Box Initiative is the educational program of the ‘for a purpose company’, My Tuck Box.

This program aims to inspire and enable upper primary school students to cook healthy food and prepare their own school lunches (Tuck Boxes):

Tuck Box Accreditation is achieved when the below actions are successfully carried out by an affiliate school.

Delivered the presentation that teaches the impact of food on one’s body, mind, and the environment.
Regular use of TBI resources (healthy eating posters, Tuck Box Tally Charts, compost bins..) to promote nutritional education and reduce waste (both food and plastic).
Integrate The Food Journal, a hands-on food & cooking activity book, into the teaching of the HPE curriculum.

These resources are all aligned with the Queensland V9 Primary Curriculum ( *Nutrition and food specialisations, *Informed choices and sustainable practices).

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