Resources
Physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines – adults (18 to 64 years) – fact sheet
These guidelines provide information and advice for adults about how much physical activity they should do each day, and about minimising sedentary behaviour.
Infant formula
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides information to parents about safely giving formula to their baby.
Breastfeeding and returning to work
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides tips on continuing to breastfeed after returning to work.
Lunchbox ideas: meals for early childhood settings
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides ideas for parents to fill their child's lunchbox with healthy food and drinks, and what to avoid.
Positive eating practices
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides tips on setting up healthy eating practices within the family, to help children develop good eating habits.
First foods: food from home
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides advice on introducing solid food to children from the age of 6 months, what foods to introduce and talking to your child's carer about what stage your child is.
The importance of drinking water
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides advice on how much water children of different ages need, and tips on getting children to drink water.
Keeping children on the move
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides some tips on how to increase physical activity in children and reduce the amount of time they spend being inactive.
First foods: food provided by the early childhood setting
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides advice on introducing solid food to children from the age of 6 months, what foods to introduce and talking to your child's carer about the stage your child is.
Get moving – birth to 1 year
This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about the importance of physical activity for kids aged up to 1 year.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander handbook
This Get Up & Grow booklet is for people who care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. It provides advice on childhood nutrition and physical activity.
Get moving – 1 to 5 years
This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about the importance of physical activity for kids aged 1 to 5 years.
Development of evidence-based physical activity for adults (18 to 64 years)
This report provides a summary of the scientific evidence on the relationships between physical activity and various health outcomes. It describes the process used to develop the Australian guidelines for physical activity for adults aged 18 to 64 years.
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.
Getting out and about – outdoor active play
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides tips on encouraging children to take part in outdoor active play.
The importance of active play
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides tips on keeping your child active through fun and play.
Developing movement skills
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides some tips on how to help children develop their movement skills with fun activities.
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.
The role of parents in children's active play
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides tips on helping your child be physically active, to help them grow up healthy and strong.
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.
Choose health, be active – a physical guide for older Australians
This booklet helps older Australians get enough physical activity to be healthy as they age. It is mainly for people who are not building 30 minutes of physical activity into their daily lives, and are looking for ways they can do so.
National physical activity recommendations for older Australians: discussion document
This report provides a summary of the review of the physical activity guidelines for older Australians, and the recommendations to complement the adult guidelines.
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