National Food and Nutrition Centre

13/04/2025

13/03/2025

Lifestyle choices can help prevent obesity & protect against serious health problems.

❌ Limit harmful fats & sugars 🍒 🥦 Eat more fruit, vegetables, pulses, whole grains & nuts 🏃 Stay active

Tuesday is World Obesity Day.

04/03/2025

04/03/2025

Lets Embrace Our Pacific Roots - Healthy Living, Eat Fresh and Local foods!!

|‼️“Obesity? But what is that?”This World Obesity Day let’s teach children about NCDs using innovative and creative ways!

👉 Learn about obesity and check out this children’s book, Manoa’s Compass, created by the Pacific for the Pacific. 📖 Click here to access the digital copy of this book https://www.spc.int/digitallibrary/get/qajgy .

✅ Communicating about NCDs such as obesity through innovation and creative ways can encourage behaviour change.

💪 Let’s all get involved to ensure a healthy Pacific future generation!

24/02/2025

Be Prepared, Be Safe!

20/02/2025

Healthy food should not be an option but a priority

18/02/2025

| 🥦🥬 Fresh or cooked veggies are an essential part of a healthy diet. Sometimes vitamins can be lost during cooking, so here are some ways to maximise the vitamin content of your vegetables.

What’s your favorite way to prepare vegetables while keeping them nutritious? Let us know in the comments! 🥗👇

💡 Click here for more healthy tips and Pacific recipes 👉 https://bit.ly/4g3RStG (or check the link in bio).

09/02/2025

World Pulse Day highlights the importance of pulses such as chick peas, kidney bean, cowpeas, mung dhal. Pulses are an affordable source of protein, fibre and minerals. Pulses have a long shelf life, which means they can be stored for long periods without losing their nutritional value.

20/09/2024

The World Food Day National Steering Committee invites you to share your artistic talents for the upcoming .
Closing on 23rd of October 2024.

Exciting prizes for grabs.

For more details: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l2GZP1docBhFnRa1eGUGdDDVRqwZZ3-604xlYyOrUAE/export?format=pdf

18/07/2024

10/07/2024

Check in on yourself and others – do you need support today or can you give support to others? Your matters!

10/07/2024

Keep your mouth healthy by:

🦷Brushing your teeth with fluoride toothpaste 2x a day
🥗Eating a healthy, varied diet
✅Limiting sugar and alcoholic drinks
🚭Not using to***co, areca nut or betel quid