Healthy Picks Project

The Healthy Picks Project was an initiative from Inspiro. The program worked with cafés in Mooroolbark to make healthy food selection the easy choice by improving access and knowledge through visual and social media strategies.

A key component of the program is to promote the participation of cafés, which provide an ideal environment in which our health can be positively impacted. Inspiro worked on the initiative in partnership with Yarra Ranges Council and the Mooroolbark Traders Group, in an aim to address the increase in people with obesity and diabetes in the Yarra Ranges.

To meet Healthy Picks criteria, participating cafés must produce a minimum of three dietetically approved meals that contain at least two serves of vegetables, and are low in salt, sugar and saturated fat.

A green Healthy Picks sticker or special menu display at the counter or table gave a visual indication of the approved meals. Healthy Picks meals are not to be at the expense of flavour - the intention is to create delicious, seasonal, vibrant, colourful and textural dishes that assist in working towards our daily nutritional goals.

Organisation: Inspiro

Video: Healthy Picks

Contact: health.promotion@inspiro.org.au