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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

Stroll To School a Healthy Habit

Stroll To School a Healthy Habit

Children who walk to school are likely to be more physically active than their peers in their leisure time. And......
Time To Put The Squeeze On Juice

Time To Put The Squeeze On Juice

Experts are putting the squeeze on parents to scrutinise the juices their children drink....
Time To Activate Kids

Time To Activate Kids

Tackling childhood obesity should be as simple as increasing physical activity and reducing couch potato-type......
Watching TV Could Be Good For You

Watching TV Could Be Good For You

Now here's a radical idea - why not use the time you spend watching television commercials to get up and do some......
What Are Your Kids Eating?

What Are Your Kids Eating?

With the number of overweight Aussie kids ballooning, it's increasingly vital to encourage young people to be......
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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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