What is junk food?
Junk food is a term applied to foods and drinks that are high in kilojoules and have added fats, sugars and salt.
What is the link between junk food advertising, obesity and cancer?
One in every five NSW children are overweight or obese and a high proportion will go on to become overweight adults, increasing the risk of cancer.
Need some delicious healthy family recipes?
Cancer Council NSW has a wide range of delicious recipes that you and your family will love.
Healthy Lunch Box website
Cancer Council NSW launched their new website in January 2018 to show parents how easy it is to pack a healthy lunch box.
Reading food labels
Food labels can help you make choices about food, however words on the front of the pack often focus on the positive features of the product and doesn't give the whole picture of what’s in the food.
Making a stand against junk food ads
How can I complain about a junk food ad I’ve seen?
Health Star Ratings
There has been a lot of talk in the media about the new voluntary food labelling system – the Health Star Rating, some positive, some not so positive.
How can we protect our health?
Establishing healthy eating habits in children will help protect them from serious illness as adults.
Pester Power
We’ve all succumbed to the pressure, so let us give you some tips on how to lessen the pestering.