Listed below are some useful websites and books to help parents and kids with great tips and ideas for a healthy lunch box.  Dig in!

Lunch box tips - Better Health Channel
It is important to keep offering healthy lunch box choices in a variety of ways, as children learn to eat what is familiar to them..

Eating tips for children (5) - primary school - Better Health Channel
The early and middle primary school years are ones of slow and steady physical growth. A healthy approach to eating and activity rather than a strict diet is recommended for all children...

School-age nutrition and fitness: in a nutshell - Raising Children Network 

School-age children need to start the day with a healthy breakfast. It can be as easy as yoghurt and fruit, some healthy cereal or toast.

You are your child’s eating role model, so it’s important to provide healthy meals and snacks at home.

School lunch-box ideas

    * Try cutting sandwiches into quarters rather than halves so they don’t take too long to eat.
    * Make sandwiches using wholegrain bread, pita bread, a baguette or rice cakes.
    * Use different fillings, like Swiss, cheddar, brie or cottage cheese, curried or mashed egg, or chicken and mayonnaise.
    * Try carrot or celery sticks with a dip.
    * Include a piece of fruit, perhaps sliced or peeled to make things easier.
    * Remember that water is the best thirst quencher.

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A Healthy Lunch Box - Children, Youth and Women's Health Service 

Tips for your kids to make their own healthy lunch!

School Lunches - Children, Youth and Women's Health Service 

What to choose, bought lunches, storing packed lunches, what not to put in lunch boxes...

Books:

Kids' Healthy Lunchbox

The Top 100 Recipes for a Healthy Lunchbox

Love Notes in Lunchboxes