Healthy Ireland Supports

On this page you'll find a range of practical supports to help you along your health journey.

Young children

The Children's Food Pyramid is a guide for servings and portions sizes for 1 - 4 year olds.

You can find daily meal plans for children aged 1-4 here.

We also have posters for parents and professionals and fact sheets for every food shelf.

You can find helpful guides on the following themes here.

• key messages
• happy healthy mealtimes
• portions
• snacks
• vitamin D

Questions and answers

Questions and answers

Rationale

Rationale

Older children and adults

This range of food plans is for every age group over 4 years old, based on The Food Pyramid. These plans give you a balanced approach showing you exactly how easy it is to eat a balanced and healthy diet.

As well as the meal plans, we've also developed a range of guides based on each layer of the Food Pyramid to show you what the correct portion sizes are and handy tips on how to cook them!

Find your food plans and guides here.

Older Adults

This information is for adults aged over 65 who are in good health, mobile and living at home.

The aim of this advice is to help you stay well, by nourishing your body with healthy food and by staying active every day.

If you have a medical condition such as kidney disease or diabetes, problems with swallowing or food allergies, please talk to your dietitian or doctor as this information may not be suitable for you.

Find your healthy eating advice and guides here

Workplaces directly influence the physical, mental, economic and social wellbeing of workers and in turn, the health of their families, communities and society.

With over 2 million people employed in Ireland, the workplace can make an important contribution to the promotion of health.

Find your Healthy workplaces supports here.

Public libraries are delivering the nationwide Healthy Ireland at Your Library programme that establishes libraries as a valuable source within the community for health information.

The initiative includes a range of topics on health and well being and offers books, online resources and a series of events. The book collection has over 100 titles covering the three Healthy Ireland themes – Eat Well, Think Well, Be Well.

Find out how to access Healthy Ireland supports at your library here.

We’re Breastfeeding Friendly aims to improve the health and wellbeing of breastfeeding mothers, babies and their families through the development and promotion of breastfeeding friendly businesses, organisations and communities.

The We're Breastfeeding Friendly programme aims to support:

• business, community and public service settings to welcome breastfeeding mothers and families
• breastfeeding mothers and families to be active in the community
• parents during the key life transition of becoming a parent
• a strong culture of connectedness - between agencies and within communities (and of course, between mother, family, baby and community)

Read more