About Nutrition Services
Purpose
To provide nutrition advice to governmental and non- governmental agencies including schools, rest homes and prisons in the promotion of healthy eating behaviours.
To provide counselling and health promotion activities to assist in the reduction and prevention of chronic diseases within the population.
Services
- Advises and monitors schools, rest homes and prisons on the development and implementation of appropriate nutrition policies.
- Provides talks and workshops on good nutrition practices to schools, PTAs, rest homes and community agencies.
- Assembles and distributes lists of relevant local nutrition resources.
- Provides individual nutritional assessment and counselling to uninsured or underinsured clients such as infants, students, adults and seniors.
Categories: Counselling, Education, Health - Physical