A Healthy and Active Australia

The site provides a range of information and initiatives on healthy eating, regular physical activity and overweight and obesity to assist all Australians to lead healthy and active lives.

http://www.healthyactive.gov.au/

Child health

Links to a Department of Health and Ageing page which outline many of the activities being undertaken to enhance child health and wellbeing.

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/phd-child-health-index

Child health

HealthInsite topic page linking to information on health issues that affect children, from babies and toddlers to young people. Includes childhood illnesses, accidents and injuries, obesity and support for children having problems.
HealthInsite provides links to some of Australia's most authoritative health organisations and their websites.

http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/topics/Child_Health

CSIRO wellbeing plan for kids

The CSIRO Wellbeing Plan for Kids provides a step-by-step plan for families to make healthy changes to their eating and activities.

http://www.csiro.au/science/wellbeingplanforkids.html

Livewire (community for kids and teens with chronic illnesses)

Livewire is a safe and fun online community designed specifically for children and young people (aged over 10 and under 21) living with a serious illness, chronic condition or disability. It also caters for their siblings and parents.

http://www.livewire.org.au/

Nutrition and healthy eating

The Government provides guidelines and recommendations for Australians to encourage healthy eating that will minimise the risk of the development of diet-related diseases within the Australian population.

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-food-resources.htm

Physical activity

This section of the Department of Health and Ageing website provides interesting and useful information on physical activity and health associated issues. The National Physical Activity Guidelines for Australians outline the minimum levels of physical activity required to gain a health benefit and ways to incorporate incidental physical activity into everyday life.

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-active-index.htm

Promoting healthy weight

Specific information on overweight and obesity is provided, including: prevalence of overweight and obesity; How overweight and obesity is defined; Calculate your BMI (for adults only); Causes of overweight and obesity; Health consequences; Economic consequences.

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-hlthwt-obesity.htm