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Parents have a crucial role to play in influencing how their children pursue active and healthy lives. This section of the website provides parents with information on the importance of encouraging children to 'Move More, Eat Well'.

All articles aim to promote the following federal government recommendations on childhood health and nutrition:
  • Children need at least 60 minutes per day (up to several hours) in moderate to vigorous physical activity.
  • Children should eat a variety of healthy foods including seven serves of fruit and vegetables every day.
  • Children should not spend more than two hours per day using electronic media for entertainment.
The number of serves of fruit and vegetables we should eat on an average day depends on body size and activity level. For children the minimum number of serves as recommended by the NHMRC based on age is as follows:
  • 4-7 years: 2 serves of vegetables & 1 serve of fruit
  • 8-11 years: 3 serves of vegetables & 1 serve of fruit
  • 12-18 years: 4 serves of vegetables & 3 serves of fruit

Parents

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What Do Kids Want?

What do Australian children see as being important to their health and wellbeing? A NSW study provides valuable......

Weight Problem Going Unnoticed

New Australian studies suggest that adults are turning a blind eye to the growing overweight and obesity problem among......

Time to Get Tough

Making lunches nutritious and banning lollies, buns and sweetened drinks can have a significant impact on student......

Excess Sport a Strain

Child health experts have warned that children taking part in competitive sports are at risk of burnout and overuse......

Sport in Sight

When your child needs to wear glasses, ball sports like cricket, netball and football can be a bit of a challenge. But......

Sneaky Parents, Healthy Kids

Scientists and nutritionists are confirming what many parents have long known. Sometimes you need to be a tad sneaky to......

Embrace Outdoors Play

No one wants their children to get hurt but experts are now suggesting that wrapping kids in cotton wool, and not......

Ref Rage? No Way!

Sports are supposed to be all about good, healthy fun for everyone one involved. When ref rage rears its ugly head,......

Power Up Girls

Physical activity is important for everyone but there are a number of reasons why girls may feel less inclined to......
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Online Calculators

Energy Balancer

Energy Balancer

The Energy Balancer is a unique interactive tool that highlights the importance of regular physical activity for burning off the 'energy' we obtain from food and drink. Users can compare nutritious food options with unhealthy choices to see how this affects the amount of activity they need to do.


Body mass index

Body Mass Index (BMI) is one measure commonly used to measure overweight and obesity. It is a measure of what is considered a healthy weight for height and is determined by calculating a person's weight in kilograms divided by their height in metres.


Energy expenditure

Energy expenditure gives an estimate of the energy consumed as food or drink that is burned off during specific physical activities. Use this calculator to estimate how much energy you use during a variety of activities, sports and exercises.


Target heart rate

Target Heart Rate is the heart rate zone you should aim for in order to get the best out of your workouts.

Waist to hip ratio

Your body shape is an indicator of potential risks to your health. This calculator provides a simple and useful measure of fat distribution by dividing waist circumference by hip circumference to determine your waist-hip ratio.

The online calculators provide a general guide but do not replace the advice of a health professional. Care has been taken to make sure the calculators are generating correct results, but no guarantee is made that the results are accurate.

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