Dairy Australia is calling on all Australians to ‘wake up their bones with breakfast’ during National Healthy Bones Week this August, by hosting their own dairy rich breakfast — be it a school yard snack, a yummy mummy brunch or an office morning tearoom treat.

The annual event, now in its 17th year, will this year focus on the importance of a calcium-rich breakfast for bone health. This follows a new Australian study which showed 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.

This year Dairy Australia is making it easy for Australians to meet their daily recommended calcium intake, with an online calcium planner.

National Healthy Bones Week Activities

To help Australians learn more about having a bone friendly eating plan during National Healthy Bones Week, the following activities and resources will be available:

• Healthy Bones Brekkie: During NHBW Dairy Australia will host a free consumer breakfast in Melbourne for people to enjoy a dairy rich breakfast on their way to work.  Although Dairy Australia are not hosting breakfasts nationwide, all Australians will be  encouraged to wake up their bones by enjoying dairy filled breakfasts during National Healthy Bones Week - from cafés to schools and local community groups to office
workers, gyms, mums and their little ones, students, grandparents... everyone can stage their own dairy rich brekkie.

• Resources: Resources will be available online from the NHBW website providing information on ways to improve and maintain bone health, delicious calcium-rich breakfast recipe ideas, calcium meal planners for all age groups and other tips and suggestions for the prevention of osteoporosis.

Link: Healthy Bones