Healthy Weight 2008 - Australia's Future - The National Action Agenda for children and young people and their families
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Table of contents- Introduction
- Terms of reference for the National Obesity Taskforce
- National Obesity Taskforce Membership
- Scientific Reference Group
- Consultative Forum
- Strategic intent
- Goals
- Urgent need for action
- Guiding principles
- Framework for action
- Action strategies for children and young people (aged 0-18 years)
- Stakeholder support
- Success factors for implementation
- Settings Strategies
- Primary Care Services (including general medical proactice, community health centres, and other community-based and private sector services)
- Schools - Primary and Secondary (including public and private schools, and use of school facilities)
- Family and Community Care Services (including social work, child protection, juvenile justice, Centrelink, outreach services to vulnerable and disadvantaged groups
- Maternal and infant health (including hospitals, infant and child health clinics, community health services)
- Neightbourhoods and community organisations (including state/territory government, local government, community groups, recreation and sporting bodies, and private organisations)
- Workplaces (including government, private and non government work settings both formal and informal)
- Food Supply (including food producers, manufacturers, and retailers, eg supermarkets, markets, stores, and food service outlets eg restaurants, cafes and take-aways)
- Media and Marketing (including television, cinemas, videos, electronic games, print, internet and commercial advertising, marketing and promtions)
- Support for Families and Community-Wide Education (including public policy and support strategies for families, and planned mass media communication and education)
- 'Whole of Community' Demonstration Areas - (integrated actions from all the Settings implemented in discrete population areas as potential models for wider long term implementation in other communities and to enhance community ownership and capacity for sustained action-previous examples have been effective)
- Evidence and Performance Monitoring (including measurement, analysis, evaluation, policy and action research to inform planning and management, and enhance accountability)
- Coordination and Capacity Building (including strategic management, operational coordination, infrastructure support, community and stakeholder strengthening, and professional development)
- Increased proportion of workplaces supporting healthy eating and active living through policies, programs and supportive environments.
- Increased knowledge and skills amongst employed parents and potential parents about the importance of healthy eating, active living and healthy weight.
2004 Actions
Collaboration across sectors:
- Ensure that health agencies provide the lead in creating workplace environments conducive to healthy eating and active living, and improve workplace policies to assist parents with healthy eating and active living in their families (eg disseminate parent support information).
- Encourage other public sector agencies as well as the private and nongovernment sectors to provide supportive healthy eating and active living workplace environments, and improve workplace policies to assist parents with healthy eating and active living in their families (eg disseminate parent support information).
Collaboration across sectors:
