National Healthy Bones Week

Established by Dairy Australia in 1994, National Healthy Bones Week is an annual event which raises awareness of the important role calcium-rich foods, such as dairy to have in the development and maintenance of healthy bones and the prevention of osteoporosis later in life.

Wake up your bones with breakfast 1-7 August 2011

This year National Healthy Bones Week will focus on the importance of a calcium rich breakfast for bone health. This follows a new Australian study which showed that participants who skipped breakfast were less likely to meet the dietary recommendations for dairy foods such as milk, cheese and yogurt, which are the major contributors of calcium to the diet.

To help inspire Australians to create calcium rich breakfasts, Dairy Australia has launched the website www.healthybones.com.au. The website provides dairy rich breakfast ideas and information on ways to build and maintain healthy bones.

Visitors to the National Healthy Bones Week website will find innovative 7 day calcium meal planners, which show different age groups how to achieve their calcium requirements. The meal planners provide dairy rich recipe ideas for all ages that are easy to follow and quick to create.
Three serves of dairy foods every day will provide most Australians with the calcium they need to build and maintain strong bones. A serve is equal to 250ml milk, a 200g tub yogurt or 40g of cheese.

For more information and access to the 2011 National Healthy Bones Week website visit www.healthybones.com.au.