Cancer Council healthy lunch box

The average school child will eat more than 2,500 lunches during their 13 years at school.

Cancer Council's Healthy Lunch Box website is a one-stop-shop for everything families need to know about packing a healthy lunch box.

Parents will find information on the:

• five food groups
• what constitutes a healthy lunch box,
• sandwich alternatives,
• sandwich filling ideas
• lots of quick and easy recipes and snack ideas
• swaps for unhealthy snack foods
• Regular healthy eating blogs

The website features an interactive healthy lunch box builder where parents can get their kids involved in planning the lunch box and choosing foods they will eat and enjoy.