❓ A WA parliamentary question explores the Minister for Health's awareness of research linking fast food recognition to obesity in children, support for kitchen garden projects in schools, and details of funding for such initiatives. The Minister confirms support for kitchen gardens but clarifies funding sources.
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(1) Is the Minister aware of recent medical research showing obese and other children, while easily able to identify fast food brands and products, are unable to identify simple vegetables?
(2) Does the Minister support the Kitchen Garden Project where school children grow their own vegetables, in order to learn about healthy eating?
(3) Can the Minister list and detail the nine Western Australian Government schools undertaking Kitchen Garden Projects this year, funded by the Federal Government?
(4) What amount of funding and to which schools is the Department of Health supporting in Kitchen Garden Projects or equivalent projects this year and in forward years?
(2) Does the Minister support the Kitchen Garden Project where school children grow their own vegetables, in order to learn about healthy eating?
(3) Can the Minister list and detail the nine Western Australian Government schools undertaking Kitchen Garden Projects this year, funded by the Federal Government?
(4) What amount of funding and to which schools is the Department of Health supporting in Kitchen Garden Projects or equivalent projects this year and in forward years?
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Answered
8 September 2009
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
28 days
(1) No, but I am aware of the following recent article which found that children on average recognized fast food logos at a much higher frequency than other food logos and that overweight children were more likely to recognise fast food logos than normal weight children (copy attached).
Arredondo, E., Castaneda, D., Elder, J.P., et al. (2009). Brand Name Logo Recognition of Fast Food and Healthy Food among Children.
Journal of Community Health,
34 (1): 73-78.
(2) Yes. The Australian Government has committed $12.8 million over four years to implement the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden National Program in up to 190 Government primary schools nationally and the Western Australian Government is fully supportive of this initiative.
(3) Participating schools in Western Australia include: Manning Primary School; Rostrata Primary School; Spearwood Alternative School; East Maddington Primary School; Westfield Park Primary School; Harmony Primary School; Belmont Primary School; Tuart Hill Primary School; and Palmyra Primary School.
(4) The Department of Health does not fund, and has no commitment to funding in the future, the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden National Program. However, the Department of Health does fund numerous other nutrition promotion initiatives in schools throughout Western Australia.
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Arredondo, E., Castaneda, D., Elder, J.P., et al. (2009). Brand Name Logo Recognition of Fast Food and Healthy Food among Children.
Journal of Community Health,
34 (1): 73-78.
(2) Yes. The Australian Government has committed $12.8 million over four years to implement the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden National Program in up to 190 Government primary schools nationally and the Western Australian Government is fully supportive of this initiative.
(3) Participating schools in Western Australia include: Manning Primary School; Rostrata Primary School; Spearwood Alternative School; East Maddington Primary School; Westfield Park Primary School; Harmony Primary School; Belmont Primary School; Tuart Hill Primary School; and Palmyra Primary School.
(4) The Department of Health does not fund, and has no commitment to funding in the future, the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden National Program. However, the Department of Health does fund numerous other nutrition promotion initiatives in schools throughout Western Australia.
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