Program Information
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Infoline:
1300 657 197
Email:
contact@goodforkids.nsw.gov.au
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- Tips about nutrition and physical activity for kids and families
- About information on community activities and events
- To help you locate information on the 'good for kids' website
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- Your feedback on “good for kids” happenings
- Your great healthy eating and activity tips
- About things healthy active things that are happening in your area
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Program Information
What's the go with "Good for Kids"?
Good for Kids…Good for Life is about the people of the Hunter, New England and Lower Mid North Coast leading the way in the implementation of Australia’s largest ever program promoting healthy eating and physical activity for kids.
This pilot program is part of the NSW Government’s Live Life Well campaign. It will be implemented between now and 2010 and focuses on kids aged up to 15 years.
It is Australia’s largest ever childhood obesity prevention trial.
The program will bring together a variety of agencies, community groups and industry to provide practical information, as well as new programs and systems, to help children, parents, carers and the wider community, know more about healthy weight, nutrition and physical activity.
There is a specific focus on improving the health of Aboriginal kids in our region.
“Good for Kids” plans to re-create home, preschool, school, health service, community and media environments.
Together we can build the capacity of organisations and the community to prevent overweight and obesity among our kids.
Map of the area covered by "Good for Kids"
What is really Good for Kids?
Good for kids will focus on five key areas:
- Increase the amount of time kids spend being active through fun, sport and play.
- Reduce the amount of time kids spend in front of the TV and playing computer games.
- Reduce the amount of sweetened drinks, including juice, that kids drink and increase the amount of water that kids drink.
- Increase the amount of veg and fruit that kids eat in meals and as snacks.
- Reduce the amount of foods that kids eat that are high in sugars, salt and saturated fats.