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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

Time Pays Off for Parents

Time Pays Off for Parents

Spending quality time with your kids has been shown to directly affect child obesity rates....
Top Marks for Regular Exercise

Top Marks for Regular Exercise

Physically active kids tend to do better in school than their more sedentary friends....
Turn Your Mind to Yoga

Turn Your Mind to Yoga

So you're looking for a PE class that's more active than stretching but not as competitive as sport. Perhaps yoga might......
What Do Couch Potatoes Eat?

What Do Couch Potatoes Eat?

With fast food advertising during children's television viewing becoming increasingly controversial, is there any......
Building Resilient Students

Building Resilient Students

How can teachers help foster resilience in their students? And what role does resilience play in overall health?...
Grim Outlook for Overweight Teens

Grim Outlook for Overweight Teens

Young Australians are becoming heavier. This is cause for concern as researchers have now found that being overweight......
TV Taking Over

TV Taking Over

To what extent are television viewing habits directly related to physical inactivity? In this era of expanding......
TV Affecting Kids’ Sleep

TV Affecting Kids’ Sleep

Watching adult-targeted programs such as current affairs, crime shows and movies, increases sleeping difficulties in......
Resistance Far From Useless

Resistance Far From Useless

Young people who resist participation in aerobic activities during physical education could possibly be encouraged to......
Meditations on Exercise

Meditations on Exercise

How can physical activity improve the mood, concentration skills and alertness of students (and teachers)? Let us count......
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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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