S3, EP3: The Lunchbox Effect

How do we as educators support the health and nutrition of our students? 

Children's lunchboxes are filled with lots of wonderful food, most of the time, but have you stopped to consider the impact that our food choices are having on their learning? 

In episode 3, the Teacher Takeaway Podcast team talk with Bel Smith from The Root Cause about the impact of food on our students, including:

• Why are you so passionate about standing for children's health? 
• What did you discover from working with so many schools as you travelled Australia? 
• What are the invisible costs facing schools? 
• Let's talk about lunchboxes and the role they play in learning, behaviour, resilience and the planet. 
• What are your thoughts - should schools be talking to parents and children about lunchboxes? 
• What can a school do given its parents who pack lunchboxes?  

About Our Guest

​Having personally experienced the impact food had on her depressed husband and anxious daughter’s ability to regulate their mood and participation in day-to-day life, speaker, and author Belinda Smith is on a mission to raise awareness that nutrition is at the heart of health, learning, innovation and protecting the planet.

Belinda Smith is one of Australia’s leading independent voices for Children’s Health, Author of The Lunchbox Effect, an advocate for real food in schools and founder of The Root Cause, a for purpose business that Stands for Children's Health.

Click to visit The Root Cause website to find out more