Category: Indigenous Health

Mental health conditions are very prevalent. Statistics indicate 50% of Australians will experience a mental health issue sometime in their lifetime, so there is a very big chance you or someone you know will or have experienced this, for example families, peers, work colleagues, friends. Mental health conditions are prevalent across the lifespan from children, adolescents, young adults, older adults. It is important to acknowledge the wide diversity of conditions that constitutes mental health conditions, commonly people think of depression and anxiety likely because they are some of the most common but it also includes includes eating disorders, severe mental illness such as Schizophrenia and psychosis, post traumatic stress disorder. Often these conditions cluster together both with other mental health conditions but also other common health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic pain and many more. Mental health influences dietary intake and behaviours AND dietary intake and eating behaviours mental health….. so where ever someone is, its always important to eat well or as best you can.

from “How To Feel Fab With Mood Foods”