Developing a Healthy Eating Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Playford

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Introduction
Good nutrition is a highly crucial part of a healthy lifestyle. When combined with
physical activities, a healthy diet has the potential to maintain a healthy weight along with
ensuring reduction of risk associated with chronic diseases. When it comes to the Aboriginal and
Torres islander individuals high rate of nutrition related issues like heart diseases, renal diseases
and Type diabetes 2 (Lee et al. 2010). Considering the fact that the mentioned community is
suffering from low fruit and vegetable consumption, the percentage of aboriginal and Torres
islander individuals suffering from type 2 Diabetes has increased by 3.5 percent since the year
2016 (Fertman & Allensworth, 2016). The chief consumables of the people who belongs to the
mentioned community is found to be high in saturated fat and refined carbohydrates which in
turn enhances the likelihood of developing diseases like diabetes 2 types. Considering the fact
that it is highly crucial to enhance the awareness of the mentioned community about healthy
consumption of food, in this report a healthy eating program plan that will address diabetes type
2 among Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander people in Playford will be developed,
implemented as well as evaluated. The mentioned plan will address the issue by promoting
healthy eating habits.
Task 1
Project title:
Community green garden and food hub
Project description:
The program will run for 2 years, with a 10 week trial at the beginning, where 10 random
families will be selected and trained on crop growing. They will initiate growing crops on the
purchased community land for gardening. They will be supported by program employees as well

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as local volunteers during this period. They will act as mentors at the end of the trial. Local
religious and non-for-profit organization will be used to run community food hub day, were the
products from the green garden will be sold to the general community and donation for the
program will be collected. The money raised will be put back into the program, to pay the
participants (create source of income) and sustain the garden.
Goal and objectives of the project:
The goal of the project is to enhance the consumption of vegetables and fruits amongst
the Aboriginal and Torres Islanders in Playford. The objectives of the project is to collect
required resources that will be needed for the project, developing as well as maintaining the habit
of the participants of incorporating vegetables and fruits as well as ensuring that they maintain
the habit even after the project is over.
SMART Objectives
Specific Three resources that is physical, Human and
financial resource needs to be collected
Measurable At least 50 percent of the resources will be
collected within the time range of 2 months.
Achievable Developing as well as maintaining the habit of
the participants of incorporating vegetables and
fruits
Realistic The budget for financial resource will include
3 months
Timely Ensuring that they maintain the habit even after

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the project is over