Useful links

This page provides a list of categorised resources. Select a category from the drop down list to view the resources for that category, or scroll down the page to see all resources.
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Guidelines
A Healthier Serve: The Heart Foundation’s Guide to Healthier Catering
This new guide has been developed to help you serve healthy food and drink to groups at community events. Inside the guide are suggestions for healthy options at breakfast, lunch and dinner functions. Also included are ideas for hot and cold finger food, vegetarian options, BBQs and tasty dessert items.
Australian Guide to Healthy Eating
Information and a set of publications (note: large pdf files) about healthy eating for parents and nutrition educators (Dept of Health and Ageing).
Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents
Healthy food choice information and guidance based on scientific evidence (NHMRC).
Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding
World Health Organisation strategy addressing needs of children worldwide.
Publications
Breastfeeding Medicine
US-based journal. Subscription required for full articles.
Breastfeeding Review Journal
Australia's professional journal on breastfeeding. Subscription required for full articles.
Journal of Human Lactation
US-based journal. Subscription required for full articles.
Research
National Organisations
INDIGENOUS PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT UNIT
The Indigenous Professional Support Unit aims to support communities, staff, families and management of Aboriginal Child Care Services to provide the best possible early childhood experiences for Aboriginal children.
Premier's Sporting Challenge
The Premier's Sporting Challenge aims to engage young people in sport and physical activity and encourages them to lead healthy, active lifestyles. All public schools in NSW are invited to participate - registrations are now open.
Resources
ABHI Measure Up Social Marketing Campaign
Measure Up is a social marketing campaign which aims to raise awareness of the healthy choices that can help protect people from chronic diseases, beginning with physical activity and healthy eating. Initially, Measure Up will comprise a series of advertisements and events to inform people that more and more Australians are becoming overweight, not engaging in enough physical activity or meeting healthy eating guidelines, and this behaviour is increasing their risk of developing chronic disease.
ABHI Tomorrow People Campaign
This web site provides information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians who want to start eating a healthier diet and being more physically active - for their own health and for the health of their family.
Canteen menu planning guide
Detailed information on preferred foods.
Choosing drinks for children
Fact sheet (pdf 795kb).
Fresh ideas for a healthy school canteen
Recipe brochures on salads, sandwiches, hot food, etc.
Fresh Tastes at school
Online newsletter (usually two issues per year).
Fresh Tastes tool kit
Step-by-step guide to promoting healthy foods in canteens.
Kids and fruit and vegies
Fact sheet (pdf 902kb).
Reducing children's television time
Fact sheet (pdf 813kb).
Setting the scene for healthy kids
Fact sheet (pdf 1.64mb).
Smartplay
Sport safety & injury prevention program
the BIG fat conspiracy: How to protect your family’s health
Melissa Sweet’s new book gives you and your family the tools you need to resist the big fat conspiracy of modern life: awareness, understanding and plenty of practical advice. It will help families to make healthy changes in their lives, and offers many useful tips for eating well, moving more and promoting children’s health and wellbeing. The book can be downloaded for free.
International organisations
Information in various languages
Are you drinking enough water?
A leaflet from NSW Health.
Breastfeeding and postnatal depression
Information about antidepressent medication use (NSW Health).
Breastfeeding: Best for babies and mothers
Overcoming problems with breastfeeding (NSW Health).
Feeding infants and children
A range of leaflets relevant for ages 0-5 (NSW Health).
Helping children maintain a healthy weight
A parents guide to helping children avoid weight problems (NSW Health).
How to get your children moving
Why activity is important for keeping children at a healthy weight, plus strategies for parents (NSW Health).
How to pack a healthy lunchbox for under fives
Lunch box ideas (NSW Health).
It's good thinking to start with breakfast
Why eating the right breakfast contributes to good health and easy breakfast ideas for people in a hurry (NSW Health).
Making food fun for children and parents
How to take the stress out of feeding young children (NSW Health).
Shop well, eat well, feel well
Information developed following consultation with refugee communities (Diversity Health Institute).
Starting solids
A quick guide to introducing food to babies 0-12 months (NSW Health).
Understanding eating disorders
Anorexia nervosa and bulimia and what parents can do to help prevent them (NSW Health).
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