Table 7 Healthy eating interventions included and their criteria

Planned healthy eating lessons

Service provides planned healthy eating education sessions at least monthly

Observation of children’s lunchbox

Service observes children’s lunchboxes to ensure that they are consistent with the Australian Dietary Guidelines at least 1 to 2 times per week

• Service provides feedback to families when lunchboxes are not consistent at least weekly

2 or more serves of vegetables per day

Service provides at least 2 services of vegetables to each child per day

Interactive healthy eating activities

Service delivers an interactive healthy eating activity at least once per month

Exposure to different vegetables

Service is exposing children to different vegetables as part of experiential learning at least once per month

Play based healthy eating activities

Service delivers play based health eating activities at least once per month

Healthy eating-themed special days

Service provides a healthy eating themed special day at least once per month

2 or more service of fruit per day

Service provides at least 2 serves of fruit to each child per day

Strategies to encourage consumption of age-appropriate beverages

Service implements strategies to encourage children to consumer age-appropriate beverages at least 2 times per week

• Service provides water to children, and may provide reduced fat milk to children aged 2–6 years

• Service does not provide sugar-sweetened beverage to children (e.g. fruit juice, cordial, flavoured milk or soft drink)

• Service implements strategies to encourage children to consume age-appropriate beverages including water and milk every day

• Educators role model healthy drink choices

• Drinks provided/allowed by the service are consistent with the Australian Dietary Guidelines or Caring for Children Guidelines