Where to find help
Sometimes we don’t have access to healthy or fresh foods, know how to cook or prepare healthy meals and snacks or what exercise to do that works best for our body and daily routines. The good news is there are lots of places to get help to get active and healthy. A good starting point is learning about what foods to eat and how much. Here’s a link to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Guide to Healthy Eating.
Your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health service might have community activities to get involved in such as:
- healthy lifestyle programs
- cooking classes
- walking groups
- exercise programs
- sport teams
- cultural activities
- and support groups within community that help teach each other about how to have a healthy lifestyle for you and your family.
Ask your doctor, nurse and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health worker to connect you to community activities and other help to make the changes you and your family need.
Cultural activities
Being healthy also includes things like our connection to Country and caring for it, activities with Men’s Business and Women’s Business as well as our cultural activities. Yarn with your mob about healthy foods and exercise within your cultural practices and traditions.
More information
There’s more information at Cancer Council Victoria.
And you can get online information and coaching for free if you live in NSW, Queensland or South Australia.
