May 2014

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Thumbs up!

Dr Jimmy Little AO passed away nearly two
years ago but his legacy lives on through the wonderful work of The Jimmy Little Foundation.

The Foundation’s Thumbs up! program has been active in over 60 regional and remote Indigenous communities using music and new media workshops in schools and Thumbs up! signage in local
stores to raise awareness about the need to eat good tucker and live a healthy lifestyle. Their slogan
“good tucker – long life” says it all.

Foundation CEO and veteran musician Graham “Buzz” Bidstrup said Jimmy had the perfect analogy to get his message through to children. Jimmy would say “your body is like a motor car … if you put bad petrol into it then it won’t go very well, so make sure you put the best fuel (food) into your body and it will always work at its best”. It’s such a basic thing, says Bidstrup. “Good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle give children the best possible chance to be energised, engaged and thrive. No child will be able to concentrate at school if they are hungry or malnourished,” he said. “We need to increase our focus on this to get them to school and be able to learn when they are there.”
Thumbs up! was launched in 2009 with seed funding from the Fred Hollows Foundation and significant funding from Medicines Australia in 2010 enabled the Foundation to roll out the program to more than 30 communities. Ongoing working relationships with organisations including the NT Department of Health, CAAC, NPY women’s council in the central region and Apunipima Health in QLD together with partnerships with remote store groups ALPA (Arnhemland Progress Association) and Outback Stores in NT and Retail Stores Group in Queensland have reinforced and strengthened the Thumbs up! program in all communities where the program has been delivered.
For the last two years The Federal Department of Health has provided funding under its chronic disease prevention strategy and the Foundation is hopeful that the positive evaluations the program has received will result in ongoing federal funding for 2014-15 and beyond.

For more information visit www.jlf.org.au or www.thumbsup.org.au.

Product Profile: Powdered Mix Drinks

Recently there has been a noticeable increase in sales in communities of particular powdered drink mixes that are supposed to be made
up as a cordial drink. These drinks have been present in stores in the past but some store committees have chosen to ban the drinks based on high levels of citric acid in the powder and customers choosing to eat this powder without diluting. Citric acid has
been linked with tooth decay in low quantities. This, when coupled with the sugar in these products, has in the past caused dental health issues. The current batch of drink mixes incorrectly state that they can be used to eat as sherbet. Future product will be clearer
that they are required to be mixed to 1L total liquid. Please consider the potential problems with this kind of product by informing the customers of mixing instructions, or raising it with store committee or community if people are consuming as a sherbert.

Easy takeaway recipe:
Minestrone soup

Ingredients:
2 onions
2 carrots
celery bunch
zucchini
½ cabbage
400g four bean mix 800g chopped tomatoes 1 tablespoon garlic
500g pasta shells/swirls 5 litres water
2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Method:

Chop vegetables and gather all ingredients.

Heat oil in a pot. Add vegetables, beans and garlic. Fry until soft.

Add water to cover and bring to the boil.

Turn heat down to low and add pasta.

Simmer until the pasta is soft.

Serve.

Recipe from ‘Kukumbat gudwan daga’ recipe book

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