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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

Hard Stand Needed on Soft Drinks

Hard Stand Needed on Soft Drinks

Children are drinking less milk and more soft drinks and fruit-flavoured beverages. Now health experts say it is time......
Actively Avoid Diabetes

Actively Avoid Diabetes

Simple changes in diet and exercise can improve your health and ensure you don't develop diabetes – or help manage the......
Active Parenting Required

Active Parenting Required

Parents have a vital role to play in setting a good example for active, healthy lifestyles for their children. And......
Blistering Boots Risk

Blistering Boots Risk

Buying your kid a new pair of footy boots isn't as simple as choosing the first pair they like the look of – and you......
Busy Kids Need Big Breakfasts

Busy Kids Need Big Breakfasts

What a child eats for breakfast may affect how they perform at school throughout the day. If they have physical......
Catch The Walking Bus

Catch The Walking Bus

Consider getting involved with a walking bus. Your own health will benefit - as well as your children’s.What's a......
Call To Limit Kids' Caffeine

Call To Limit Kids' Caffeine

Teenage consumers of coffee and caffeinated soft drinks may think they're giving themselves a liquid wake-up call - but......
Disease Risk Rises for Unfit Teens

Disease Risk Rises for Unfit Teens

Reducing body fat and increasing fitness can lessen the risk of young people being stricken by diabetes....
Eat More Fruit and Vegies

Eat More Fruit and Vegies

Eating more fruit and vegetables improves bone health in young and old alike....
Drinking Milk A Tall Order

Drinking Milk A Tall Order

Children who don't drink milk are more likely to be small in size and have unhealthy bones....
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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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