New food planning tool to help with the rising cost of living
Curtin University student dietician Ruby Delaney and Public Health, Acting Health Promotion Coordinator Julia Platts
A food budgeting and meal planning catalogue has been released by the Health Promotion Service to help people experiencing financial hardship and food insecurity.
The catalogue provides information and website links on where to buy and how to prepare healthy food on a budget, Australian dietary guidelines, money saving tips and where to go if you need support.
The tool was created in partnership with the North Metropolitan Health Service Public Health team and Curtin University as part of a six-week work placement by two student dietitians.
Public Health’s Acting Health Promotion Coordinator Julia Platts said the catalogue was developed to help financial counsellors and wellbeing advisors better support members of community who are struggling with the rising cost of living.
“The project was presented at the Dietitians Australia WA Symposium and the WA Council of Social Services Fair Food Network and has received a lot of interest within the industry,” Julia said.
“We are now exploring opportunities for funding to help further develop the project including providing more training for financial counsellors and wellbeing advisors.”
View the Food budgeting and meal planning resource catalogue (PDF).