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Overweight and obesity resources

A list of resources about overweight and obesity in Australia.

Resources

Director/coordinator book

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides advice on early childhood healthy eating and physical activity, how to develop nutrition and physical activity policies and ways to support and encourage staff, carers and families.

Cooking for children book

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information and advice on early childhood nutrition, menu planning and food safety. It contains delicious and nutritious recipes for settings and families.

Staff and carer book

This Get Up & Grow booklet is for child health and early childhood professionals. It provides advice about child nutrition and physical activity.

Family book

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information and advice on early childhood nutrition and physical activity. It also includes information about returning to work after having a baby.

Food ideas for busy parents

This Get Up & Grow brochure provides some ideas for easy and healthy meals for parents to give to their children.

Decisions about down time: a balancing act

This Get Up & Grow brochure provides some tips on how to reduce the amount of time children spend on inactive, unnecessary tasks during early childhood.

Developing movement skills

This Get Up & Grow brochure provides some tips on how to help children develop their movement skills with fun activities.
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