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• Changing Victoria's food supply for the better

  http://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/changing-victoria-s-food-supply-for-the-better
  Through the Healthy Eating Advisory Service, Nutrition Australia and PFD Food Services are working together to provide Victorians with healthier food and drink choices

• Going soft drink free - good for health and for business

  http://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/going-soft-drink-free-good-for-health-and-for-business
  The YMCA is providing the evidence to help inspire other organisations to eliminate sugary drinks from their premises.

• Finding new ways of working to create a healthier Victoria

  http://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/finding-new-ways-of-working-to-create-a-healthier-victoria
  The Healthy Eating Advisory Services (HEAS) is establishing new ways of working with large and diverse organisations to support healthy eating across Victoria.

• Increasing healthy eating and active living

  http://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/increasing-healthy-eating-and-active-living
  Healthy eating and active living are key elements of a long, healthy life. To support people to be as healthy as they can be, Victoria is focusing on a range of actions.

• Limiting sugary drinks - a financially viable option

  http://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/limiting-sugary-drinks-a-financially-viable-option
  On-site retailers at The Alfred have been involved in a series of world-first trials that support the financial viability of limiting sugary drink sales.

• Kilojoule labelling on track for 2018

  http://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/kilojoule-labelling-on-track-for-2018
  Approximately 3,500 food outlets across the state will be displaying kilojoule content on their menus as a result of new legislation on track for introduction in 2018.

• Rethink sugary drinks at your next event

  http://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/rethink-sugary-drinks-at-your-next-event
  While it may seem daunting at first, removing sugary drinks from community events can lead to engaging, fun and family-friendly events without impacting on the bottom line.

• Smiles 4 Miles extending across Lower Hume

  http://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/smiles-4-miles-extending-across-lower-hume
  The Lower Hume Primary Care Partnership (PCP) has expanded the Smiles 4 Miles initiative to over 40 organisations in the region.

• Working collectively to increase healthy eating

  http://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/working-collectively-to-increase-healthy-eating
  Victorians in locations across the state are benefiting from the collective actions of the Victorian Healthy Eating Enterprise.

• Start a conversation around dental health in early years settings

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/start-a-conversation-around-dental-health-in-early-years-settings
  As you interact with children and families, you can help get kids off to a good start with their dental health.

• Playground to Plate grants scheme - it's a wrap

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/playground-to-plate-grants-scheme-it-s-a-wrap
  As part of the Playground to Plate grants scheme, 100 Victorian primary schools in 22 local government areas received ,000 infrastructure grants to support their delivery of kitchen garden programs.

• Healthy Choices are Easy Choices at Phillip Island RSL

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/healthy-choices-are-easy-choices-at-phillip-island-rsl
  There is a genuine interest from all age groups for healthy menu choices, and customers will choose green meals over amber, and amber over red, once they know the difference.

• Rural health services in Western Victoria band together to Defeat the Sweet

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/rural-health-services-in-western-victoria-band-together-to-defeat-the-sweet
  Seven rural health services are collectively working to reduce sugary drinks in health services in Western Victoria. Leadership support and a collaborative effort have been crucial in accelerating change in the region.

• 2018 Victorian Public Healthcare Award - Communities leading change to decrease childhood obesity

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/2018-victorian-public-healthcare-award-communities-leading-change-to-decrease-childhood-obesity
  Two communities using a community led approach to change their local childhood obesity system have won the Victorian Public Healthcare Award for Supporting Healthy Populations, providing great recognition and credit for community efforts to create healthy change.

• Barwon Health tackles sugar sweetened beverages in a healthcare setting

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/barwon-health-tackles-sugar-sweetened-beverages-in-a-healthcare-setting
  Barwon Health is positively influencing the health of those in the region through removing all sugar sweetened beverages and promoting healthy drink consumption.

• Ditching the sugary drinks A Victorian Aboriginal sugary drinks ad is kicking goals.

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/ditching-the-sugary-drinks-a-victorian-aboriginal-sugary-drinks-ad-is-kicking-goals
  First evaluation results from the Aboriginal Rethink Sugary Drink campaign show that these important health messages are resonating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

• Drop the sugar - calm classroom

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/drop-the-sugar-calm-classroom
  Bruthen Primary School has created calmer classrooms, focused students and less behavioural problems by addressing the food that children eat and drink at school.

• Change can happen - A teacher's story of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/change-can-happen-a-teacher-s-story-of-the-stephanie-alexander-kitchen-garden-program
  As a teacher it's taken a while to get my head around the fact that the kitchen garden program is as important as English and maths. It's my mindset that had to change, I needed to let go. This is important, and the children are learning.

• Honesty Snacks demonstrates health and business leadership

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/honesty-snacks-demonstrates-health-and-business-leadership
  Honesty Snacks has demonstrated that quick and tasty snack foods can meet the Victorian Government's Healthy Choices guidelines.

• Congratulations to the successful Playground to Plate grant recipient schools

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/congratulations-to-the-successful-playground-to-plate-grant-recipient-schools
  As a result of the grants, thousands of Victorian primary students will enjoy learning within abundant productive gardens and preparing and sharing their own delicious fresh food.

• Gippsland Lakes Community Health says No to 'Red' food

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/gippsland-lakes-community-health-says-no-to-red-food
  Gippsland Lakes Community Health (GLCH) is the first organisation in East Gippsland to be awarded a 'Healthy Eating Workplace' under the State Government's Achievement Program.

• Playground to Plate grants scheme - working collectively to support healthy schools

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/playground-to-plate-grants-scheme-working-collectively-to-support-healthy-schools
  As part of the Playground to Plate grants scheme, the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education and Training, the Achievement Program and the Healthy Eating Advisory Service (HEAS) have formed an active collaboration that draws on and leverages each others work to assist schools to deliver pleasurable food education and facilitate a whole-school approach to health and wellbeing.

• Playground to Plate grants scheme helping to grow healthy schools

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/playground-to-plate-grants-scheme-helping-to-grow-healthy-schools
  More Victorian children will be digging in and learning healthy habits for life with kitchen garden programs in schools set to grow through the Playground to Plate grants scheme.

• New kilojoule labelling scheme to encourage healthier eating

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/new-kilojoule-labelling-scheme-to-encourage-healthier-eating
  The kilojoule labelling scheme is part of a multi-strategy approach to encourage healthy eating and reduce the impact of obesity in Victoria.

• World 4 Kids OSHC creates a healthy eating revolution

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/world-4-kids-oshc-creates-a-healthy-eating-revolution
  World 4 Kids has shown leadership in the outside school hours care (OSHC) sector by implementing changes at all levels to improve the foods and drinks provided and promoted to children in 13 Victorian sites.

• Healthy Canteens kicks goals in the South East

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/healthy-canteens-kicks-goals-in-the-south-east
  Healthy Canteens is the result of a dynamic partnership between Monash Health and City of Casey.

• Local People have solutions to local food challenges

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/local-people-have-solutions-to-local-food-challenges
  This initiative was about putting the community in the driver's seat with the belief that local people are the experts in developing and implementing ideas that help people and families, like themselves, live healthy lives.

• Improving Oral Health in Aboriginal Children

  https://prevention.health.vic.gov.au/blog/posts/improving-oral-health-in-aboriginal-children
  A universal kindergarten dental group visiting program in the Sunraysia Region has a big impact on reaching local Aboriginal children.