Make Every Drop Matter - Newsletter Issue 2

Dear Member,

We hope you are enjoying being a member of Make Every Drop Matter - where you get important information to help make the right health and nutritional decisions for your family. In this E-newsletter...

Learn how The Coca Cola Company is making the choice easier for you and your family with its new nutritional labelling. Read more.

Want some handy tips on how to get your kids to eat their greens? Susie Burrell, consultant dietician gives us her top ideas for avoiding mealtime misery. Click here.

And don't forget – you can still get yourself more chances to win a fabulous active adventure holiday simply by telling your friends about Make Every Drop Matter - click here.


	Making the choice easier for you and your family

	The Coca-Cola Company in the Community

	Tips and Tricks

	Q&A

	Product Profile

	iPOLL


	Coca-Cola is improving nutrition labelling to help you make healthy choices for you and your family. For the first time ever, the number of kilojoules will appear on the front of all Coca-Cola Australia’s beverages, including regular and diet soft drinks, juices, teas and sports drinks For more information click here.

The new labelling will start to be introduced in summer this year and we’ll be giving you updates and more information via this newsletter and our website.

‘Getting the balance right’ - Bluearth is a non-profit charitable organisation dedicated to improving health and preventing diseases of sedentary living through increased physical activity.

The Coca-Cola Foundation is supporting Bluearth’s longitudinal study “Lifestyle and Health of Primary School Children Research” which examines the health, physical, psychological, social and academic development over a four year period.

For more information click here.

Professor Trim otherwise known as Dr Gary Eggar, an expert in physical activity and weight management and member of Coca-Cola's Health and Wellness Advisory Council says recent research has shown that even a moderate level of physical activity such as simply walking 30 minutes a day, can lengthen life by 1.3 years, and add 1.1 more years without heart disease, compared with those who have low activity levels.

An editorial in the Washington Post did the sums - invest 30 minutes a day walking and you’ll spend 49 days of the next 12 years of your life walking to gain an extra 1.3 healthy years.

In addition to going for a short walk, here are five easy tips from Professor Trim on how your family can increase their daily activity levels:

	Don’t sit when you can stand. Standing requires you to carry your own body weight and burns energy.
	Minimise remote control use whether it’s the TV, stereo or garage door.
	Carry your bags. Don’t use a trolley. Carrying a weight in the arms increases energy use. Walking with a trolley helps, but carrying the bags is even better.
	Walk up (and down) stairs. Don’t use a lift or the escalator.
	Park away from your destination and walk.

Susie Burrell, consultant sports and paediatric dietitian, and member of Coca-Cola’s Health and Wellness Advisory Council gives advice on how to get your children to eat their greens.

You told us that the biggest challenge you face with your children and food is getting them to eat enough vegetables – lettuce, leeks, beans, cabbage, broccoli, sprouts…you name it, they won’t touch it! Getting children to eat their greens is never easy, but parents shouldn’t give up.

For more information click here.

Q:	How can I stay hydrated with an active lifestyle?
A:	Did you know that by the time you are feeling thirsty you are probably already dehydrated? Signs of dehydration include: Reduced energy levels, concentration and performance Headaches, nausea and muscle cramps
For more information click here.


	Powerade Isotonic - can help your body get there Powerade Isotonic is a sports drink suitable for active people needing fast hydration and energy. Because Powerade contains energy, to maintain a balanced diet you need to ensure you’re expending as much energy through exercise as you are taking in. For more information click here.

Don't forget that you can get extra entries into the fabulous Make Every Drop Matter prize draw by telling your friends about it!

Up for grabs is a grand prize of a fabulous active family holiday! This amazing trip includes return flights to Alice Springs for 2 adults and 2 children, accommodation, transfers and tours. Watch the dusty orange sun set over the Olgas. Take a cultural tour through the Aboriginal history of Uluru and get the family active on a spectacular visit to King’s Canyon.

There are also 5 Health and Wellbeing packs valued at over $600 each, so to get started, click here.

When I’m thirsty, I like to drink:

	tea		water		sports drinks
	soft drinks		fruit juice