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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

Encourage Your Kids To Be Active

Encourage Your Kids To Be Active

Activities for kids don't seem to involve as much activity these days; television and playing computer games don't do......
Eat Your Greens, Mum

Eat Your Greens, Mum

Most parents will be acutely aware that toddlers know what they like. But the discovery that these strongly held......
Fast Food Fast-Tracks Obesity

Fast Food Fast-Tracks Obesity

Nine per cent of South Australian children consume burgers, pizza, chips or chicken from fast food restaurants, two to......
Exercise Assists Diabetes Management

Exercise Assists Diabetes Management

A diagnosis of type 1 diabetes doesn't mean wrapping your child in cotton wool. Indeed, new research shows that regular......
Fast Food Upsizing Children

Fast Food Upsizing Children

Children who eat away from home often, are more likely to be overweight and have a poor-quality diet....
Feeding Time for Families

Feeding Time for Families

The more young people eat with their family, the better their diet....
Guidelines Aim at Waistlines

Guidelines Aim at Waistlines

National nutrition guidelines now suggest children aged two and older should be switched to low fat dairy products. So......
Healthy Eating Guide

Healthy Eating Guide

You've decided to make a few lifestyle changes to improve your own health and give your family a boost as well. You've......
High Risk Inactivity

High Risk Inactivity

We know that being overweight and inactive is bad for your health but what about thin and inactive? Is this potentially......
Home Exercise Helps

Home Exercise Helps

Home-based programs can dramatically increase the activity levels of children, Australian research has revealed....
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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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