Early Childhood Nutrition

Publications

The Guidelines resources titled: Get Up & Grow: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Early Childhood include a director/coordinator book, a staff and carer book, a cooking for children book, a family book, six posters, fourteen brochures and four stickers.

The Guidelines resources titled “Get Up & Grow: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Early Childhood” consist of:

Publications

Directors/Coordinators Book
The most detailed of all the Guidelines resources. Provides practical information and 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.
NMM Order Code: HW 01
Staff/Carers Book
Provides practical information and advice on early childhood healthy eating and physical activity to all staff and carers in early childhood settings.
Format: B5, 84 pages
NMM Order Code: HW 02

Family Book
Provides families with practical information and advice to support healthy eating and encourage physical activity in young children.
Format: B5, 76 pages.
NMM Order Code: HW 04

Cooking for Children Book
Provides information and advice on early childhood nutrition, menu planning and food safety. Contains delicious and nutritious recipes for settings and families.
Format: B5, Spiral bound, 82 pages.
NMM Order Code: HW 03

Get Up & Grow Posters
Six posters for early childhood settings to encourage healthy eating and physical activity in young children. Features key messages from the Get Up & Grow resources and beautiful early childhood pictures.

Get Up & Grow Stickers
Four full colour stickers for early childhood settings.

Get Up & Grow Brochures

Fourteen full colour brochures covering the essential healthy eating and physical activity topics to support settings, staff and families. Features key messages from the Get Up & Grow resources and beautiful early childhood pictures.

HW 05: Lunchbox ideas: Meals for early childhood settings
HW 06: Breastfeeding and returning to work
HW 07: Infant formula
HW 08: Food ideas for busy parents
HW 09: First foods: Food provided by the early childhood setting
HW 10: The importance of drinking water
HW 11: Getting out and about: outdoor active play
HW 12: Decisions about down time: a balancing act
HW 13: Keeping children on the move
HW 20: The role of parents in children's active play
HW 21: First foods: Food from home
HW 22: The importance of active play
HW 23: Positive eating practices
HW 24: Developing movement skills

Ordering publications

To order any of the above publications please complete the order form.

Additional information on ordering publications.

Promotional Brochure

A promotional brochure outlining each of the Get Up & Grow resources and details on how to place an order was sent to all early childhood settings. The promotional brochure (PDF 3296 KB) is available to download.

Evaluation Form

Please take this opportunity to provide feedback on the Get Up & Grow resources by filling in the evaluation form (PDF 38 KB).

Completed evaluation forms can be emailed to: healthychildren@nationalmailing.com.au or mailed to:
“Healthy Children Healthy Workers Campaign”
PO Box 7077
CANBERRA ACT 2610

For further information about this project, please email PHD frontdesk with your query.