| New Series: Nutrition |
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Program 1: Mathayal 05:23
Dr Alyssa Vass and Joy Bulkanhawuy discuss the term ‘mathayal’ for meat and animals and the value of these foods in Balanda and Yolŋu worldviews.
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Program 2: Mathayal 11:03
Program discussing processing and cooking of Balanda meats where fat is added. This addresses ARDS Yolŋu consultants questions ‘ Why is it that Yolŋu meat is sometimes different to balanda meat, even though they are all animals’.
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Program 3: Murnyaŋ 06:22
Murnyaŋ is the Yolŋu term for carbohydrates. Traditionally these include yams and other roots and cycad nuts. This program discusses Balanda carbohydrate foods and how some are low in sugar, like Yolŋu murnyaŋ, and other have added sugar.
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Program 4: Murnyaŋ 10:52
This program discusses how our body uses sugar for energy. The question discussed is “ Is it alright to eat sweet food all the time, or just occasionally?”
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Program 5: Children 09:56
This program is a dialogue about what is good for children to eat and in what amounts. Topics include proteins, fats and sugars.
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Program 6: Breakfast 12:27
In this program Bulkanhawuy asks ‘what is a good breakfast to give to children?” and “what does ‘a balanced diet’ mean”.
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| Coke-puy Series
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Coke-puy Series: 01 of 09 Coke and Caffeine 12:10
Dr Alyssa Vass, linguist Yurrandjil Dhurrkay, Djimbuluku Dhurrkay and Health worker Helen Guyupul discuss what caffeine is, how it enters the blood stream, and the effect that it has on the brain.
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Coke-puy Series: 02 of 09 Coke and Caffeine continued 10:33
Program discussing caffeine and why children are most often observed crying for coke rather than other soft drinks. Investigation of worldview concepts around addiction, including key Yolŋu term mäy.
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Coke-puy Series: 03 of 09 Coke and Sugar 8:15
When children drink coke and other soft drinks they are consuming high amounts of sugar. This program discusses what happens when sugar enters the body, including what happens to excess sugar.
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Coke-puy Series: 04 of 09 Coke and Sugar continued 9:54
This program discusses the function of the pancreas and insulin in controlling sugar levels in the body and what happens when high levels of sugar are consumed.
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Coke-puy Series: 05 of 09 Coke and Children 9:54
Yurrandjl and Guyupul talk about children in communities crying and asking constantly for coke. Dr Vass discusses health risks associated with children consuming high levels of sugar from a young age, including obesity and diabetes.
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Coke-puy Series: 06 of 09 Coke and Diabetes Symptoms 15:26
This program addresses specific questions from Yolŋu about symptoms of end stage diabetes such as blindness and numbness. The information scaffolds previous discussion about the pancreas, insulin and sugar in the bloodstream. Dr Vass talks about the work of the dialysis machine and how patients can manage their diabetes with food and exercise to avoid the disease progressing to this stage.
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Coke-puy Series: 07 of 09 Coke and Homelands 2:06
Guyupul talks about the lifestyle of people living on or visiting homelands and how people’s diets are generally lower in sugar.
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Coke-puy Series: 08 of 09 Coke and Djimbuluku 0:38
Djimbuluku tells the audience that she understands now how soft drinks can cause big problems for your body .
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Coke-puy Series: 09 of 09 Coke and kids at night 2:12
Yolŋu presenters discuss the topic of children drinking coke late in the day and being awake very late into the night as a result. They talk about many aspects of this issue, including why the children stay awake; due to the caffeine in Coke but also in tea and coffee.
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| Iron and mineral programs |
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Talking about Iron added to Flour 9:44
Explaining why iron has been added to flour
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Minerals contained in Jackaroo Flour 10:38
Talks about what minerals are contained in flour
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Why Iron has been added to Jackaroo flour 13:18
Talks about ALPA's Jackaroo Flour developed to include Iron to prevent anaemia by adding Iron
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Minerals contained in food 9:02
Discussion on minerals and how they are transferred into our body through food
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Iron Story
Talks about how iron gets into our body from the ground through food, and its function in the body is to create blood
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Iron contained in Jackaroo flour 9:02
Further discussion about ALPA's Jackaroo Flour developed to include iron to prevent anemia
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| Traditional Food Programs |
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Traditional ways and nutrition 16:12
Discussion about the healthy lifestyle and diet of traditional people
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Traditional food today 3:12
Talks about the great benefits of eating traditional bush foods
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Are homelands good for childrens nutrition? 11:46
Dr Bryce, Richard and Tony B. discuss the question (Yolŋu Matha and English) Why are children getting sick? More children get sick in bigger communities than on outstations. This is because in general children on homelands eat more healthy bush foods; homes are cleaner and kids are exposed to less germs; mothers and grandmas are more often looking after children instead of playing cards or drinking kava; and the old ladies teach the young mothers. Tony grew up on the homelands and the children were healthy, ate well and did lots of exercise. It’s for Yolŋu to decide how to educate the young mothers in communities, but it does help when the old ladies are strong. It may also help if all Yolŋu spend more time in homelands.
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Breakfast food laws 9:45
Explains some traditional laws about food from the bush
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| Malnutrition Programs |
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The meaning of Malnutrition 9:52
Dr Bryce, Richard and Tony B talk about malnutrition. Malnutrition means eating unhealthy food and not eating enough food, especially for children. Malnutrition can make kids sick, and their bodies, brain, kidneys, heart etc not grow properly. What is "unhealthy food"? In older times, bush foods that tasted good were healthy. However, newer (European) foods that taste good or sweet aren't healthy to eat a lot of it. For example soft drinks, icecreams, and chips all taste nice but there is no goodness in them and they don't make bodies strong. Yolŋu are used to store food now and it can be hard to go and get bush foods. So the important question is ‘what is "good" store food’? There are pictures in the clinic about healthy food, but not in the store.
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Underweight children and the effects on their heart and brain 15:04
Dr Bryce, Richard and Tony B discuss (in Yolŋu Matha and English) malnourished or underweight children. Underweight children tend to get sick more often than other children because their bodies and immune systems aren't as strong. Such sicknesses commonly include ear infections, chest infections, diarrhoea, skin sores. The best medicine for these kids is to eat good food to keep the body strong so they can fight off infection without needing clinic medicine. They can also have more serious illnesses and often end up in hospital. When these kids grow up their kidneys, brains and hearts will be weak and small. Kids really need to eat plenty of healthy food, especially in the first 3 years of life. There is no medicine or operation that can fix those small, weak organs or make them big.
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| Other Nutrition Programs |
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Good Store Food : National Heart Foundation tick 11:57
Dr Bryce, Richard and Tony B discuss "what is good shop food?" It can be hard (logistically) for people to go hunting only, so people have to eat shop foods. Advertising can confuse people because it is often not for health foods. But one sign is the red tick on food which tells us that that food is healthy. People can ask Yolŋu workers to show them the tick. Fresh fruit and vegetables, meat and fish are very healthy. Also if the packet says "no added sugar" that can be ok. Flour needs to be eaten only in small amounts - brown flour that has added vitamins etc in it looks brown or dirty but is actually very healthy. |
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