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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

Think Creatively %0 Get Your Child Moving

Think Creatively & Get Your Child Moving

If your child isn’t sporty, you may need to think laterally to get them on the move. ...
Snack Foods Supply Excess Fat

Snack Foods Supply Excess Fat

Aussie kids are consuming two to four times the recommended amounts of unhealthy snack foods, a new study has revealed....
Gymnastics Build Up Bones

Gymnastics Build Up Bones

Girls can reduce their risk of experiencing osteoporosis later in life by performing weight-bearing exercise such as......
Develop a Taste for Home-grown

Develop a Taste for Home-grown

Young people who are actively involved in planting and caring for vegetable crops are more likely to get a taste for......
Home Stress Takes Toll on Kids

Home Stress Takes Toll on Kids

Stress flowing from parental conflict, depression, poverty and unemployment makes children more likely to become unwell....
Schools Crucial for Keeping Kids on the Move

Schools Crucial for Keeping Kids on the Move

Young Australians may be more physically active than is widely believed – but school physical education still plays a......
Choose the Right Shoes

Choose the Right Shoes

There are so many types of athletics shoes available now that choosing for your children can be a sole-destroying task.......
Small Screen Vortex

Small Screen Vortex

Is the stereotypical image of 'tweens' and teens plugged into headphones and endlessly surfing the Internet or playing......
Obesity Weighs Heavily on Young Minds

Obesity Weighs Heavily on Young Minds

Overweight children face an increased risk of having poor self esteem during early adolescence....
Steer Clear of Soft Drinks

Steer Clear of Soft Drinks

Are there particular foods that put your child at greater risk of weight gain and even obesity? A Deakin University......
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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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