Nutrition Tips
 
 
 
Here’s a collection of informative materials to help you better understand the food you eat.
 
These materials provide useful information and easy-to-understand nutrition tips to empower you to make informed and healthier choices in your diet. Materials such as certain articles are available in English and Chinese.
 
Healthy snacking tips for your children!
 
 
Have children who love to snack on junk food?  Find out how snacking can be healthy! Click on Happy Hearty Snacking if your child is in primary school, or Smart Snacking & Me!  for youths aged 13 to 16 years old.
 
 

Healthy Eating Tips (video)
 
 
Do you have difficulty explaining nutrition concepts like what is saturated fat or how to cook healthily to dialect-speaking family members? This video may be useful. 
  With volunteers’ help, we have recorded simple nutrition tips in commonly spoken dialects such as Cantonese, Teochew and Hokkien.  A great tool to reach non-English speaking family members with heart-healthy nutrition information, it is also available in English, Malay and Mandarin.
 
 
FAT facts
 
Fats are an important component of our diet as it provides the body’s energy needs. There are different types of fat, some of which are harmful to our bodies and some which are beneficial. Click on these articles to find out more!
 
  F-A-T: Eat less, not fat-free
揭开脂肪之谜
  Get your fats right – Unsaturated fat
脂己脂彼:适量食用不饱和脂肪
  Saturated fat: Low, Lower, Lowest!
闻“饱和脂肪”色变
  Trans fat in foods 
反式脂肪伤“心”
 
 
Conquering cholesterol!
请点击:掌握胆固醇
 
Many of us perceive cholesterol as fat. It is not. Read on!
 
 
You can reduce your sodium intake! 
请点击:降低钠,有心不难
 
A typical Singaporean consumes 76% more salt than what he or she should on a daily basis! What’s wrong with reaching for that salt shaker? Find out more!