Our Health Rules

Our Health Rules OHR is a joint project delivered by Communities for Children: Raymond Terrace-Karuah in partnership with UON Family Action Centre and the Smith Family. OHR!

is run by Accredited Practicing Dietitian, Anne Hills, and aims to improve the health and wellbeing of families and children, living in the Port Stephens, Raymond Terrace and Karuah region. We apply a whole of family and community centred approach to improve health literacy, build skills and influence behaviour change towards a brighter future. We look forward to running activities, programs and training opportunities to promote healthy eating through cooking programs such as Oz Harvest NEST and support parents with young children in their feeding journey through the PICNIC Port Stephens program.

In our second week of the gut health program we explored what shapes and influences our own individual gut microbiome f...
11/09/2026

In our second week of the gut health program we explored what shapes and influences our own individual gut microbiome family. We then dived into creating some gut friendly recipes
Including making sauerkraut, and fibre enriched sweet potato nachos, italian meatballs and yummy chia banana loaf

For Dental health Week, Our Health Rules gave a short talk on nutrition and healthy teeth for Port Stephens Family and N...
07/08/2026

For Dental health Week, Our Health Rules gave a short talk on nutrition and healthy teeth for Port Stephens Family and Neighbourhood Services Young parents group. Here are some photos from our practical activity on tooth friendly snacks. recipe attached.

We are looking forward to running a new 4 -week education and cooking program in September to help you understand more a...
05/08/2026

We are looking forward to running a new 4 -week education and cooking program in September to help you understand more about digestive health and nurturing your gut family! We will be cooking up some tasty gut friendly recipes and learning how to do simple ferments.

Please see flyer for details or message me for more information.

27/07/2026

Happy gut, happy you!

Looking after your gut doesn't have to be complicated. A few simple habits can make a real difference to your gut microbiome and overall wellbeing.

Start with these three tips:
🌈 Eat a colourful variety of plant foods
🥣 Include fermented foods like yoghurt, kimchi or sauerkraut
🌾 Fill up on fibre from whole grains, legumes, fruit, vegetables and nuts

Small changes can add up over time!

Which gut-friendly habit are you already doing? 👇

26/07/2026

Looking for Crunch&Sip® inspiration for Term 3?

There are plenty of delicious ways to Crunch&Sip® every day. Try packing ready to go:
🥒 cucumber
🥕 carrot
🌽 corn
🍅 cherry tomatoes
🫑 capsicum
🥦 broccoli
🍊 orange
🍎 apple
🍌 banana
🍑 peach

What's your child's favourite way to Crunch&Sip?

Find more Crunch&Sip® tips: www.nsw.gov.au/crunchandsip

18/07/2026
Another Soup Stall success today at Port Stephens NAIDOC Fun day. Thankyou to the wonderful team of helpers. Big thanks ...
02/07/2026

Another Soup Stall success today at Port Stephens NAIDOC Fun day. Thankyou to the wonderful team of helpers.
Big thanks to Nigel from Murrook for sharing his gas top !

The Port Stephens NAIDOC fun day has been postponed to Thursday 2nd July.We still hope to see you there for some yummy s...
24/06/2026

The Port Stephens NAIDOC fun day has been postponed to Thursday 2nd July.
We still hope to see you there for some yummy soup 😋😋😋

We successfully concluded our Soldier On NEST program. Our 4 participants had fun creating a Malaysian inspired Chicken ...
20/06/2026

We successfully concluded our Soldier On NEST program. Our 4 participants had fun creating a Malaysian inspired Chicken curry, Thai fish cakes, pumpkin risotto and to finish off crunchy apple berry crumble.

As part of the Port Stephens Council NAIDOC fun day event next Thursday 25th June, the Our Health Rules team will be hos...
19/06/2026

As part of the Port Stephens Council NAIDOC fun day event next Thursday 25th June, the Our Health Rules team will be hosting a soup stall at Riverside Park, Raymond Terrace.
Come along and taste some yummy soup.

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Callaghan
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Monday 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 4:30pm

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