Family Resources

Breastfeeding

Giving your baby the best start brochure: Learn about the benefits of breastfeeding and the best foods to give your baby when they start solids.

Breastfeeding and returning to work brochure: Learn practical ideas to help you continue to breastfeed when you return to work.

Introduction to Solids

Starting Family Foods brochure: Find practical advice on how to introduce your baby to solid foods.

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Teach your baby to drink from a cup brochure: Learn how to teach your baby to drink from a cup.

Healthy Lunchboxes and Snacks

Healthy lunchbox foods factsheet: Find out how to pack a healthy lunchbox with food ideas from the 5 food groups.

Smart snack swaps factsheet: Discover some quick and simple healthy snack swaps for the lunchbox.

Choose Water as a Drink Fact Sheet: Learn how much water children should drink everyday, practical tips to encourage children to drink more water and how much sugar is in some different drinks.

Choose Healthy Snacks Fact Sheet: Find some ideas for healthy snack foods, tips for planning healthy snacks and what foods to avoid eating everyday.

Eat More Fruit and Vegetables Fact Sheet: Learn how much fruit and vegetables we should be eating everyday and some practical tips on how to eat more.

Healthy lunchboxes and snacks information: Use this Healthy Kids website to find snack ideas for lunchboxes and some more tips to help you pack a healthy lunchbox.

Australian Guide To Healthy Eating: Use this plate model to show the recommended amounts of food we should eat from each of the 5 food groups.

Healthy Lunchbox website: Find a range of healthy lunchbox tips and recipes as well as a practical lunchbox builder activity.

Healthy Eating and Drinking

Choose Water as a Drink Fact Sheet: Learn how much water children should drink everyday, practical tips to encourage children to drink more water and how much sugar is in some different drinks.

Eat More Fruit and Vegetables Fact Sheet: Learn how much fruit and vegetables we should be eating everyday and some practical tips on how to eat more.

Choose Healthy Snacks Fact Sheet: Find some ideas for healthy snack foods, tips for planning healthy snacks and what foods to avoid eating everyday.

Milk Fact Sheet: Learn what types of milk are recommended for children of different ages.

Australian Dietary Guidelines: Find up to date advice about the amounts and kinds of food your family should to eat for health and wellbeing.

Australian Guide To Healthy Eating: Use this plate model to show the recommended amounts of food we should eat from each of the 5 food groups.

Healthy eating and drinking information: Use the Healthy Kids website to find information on healthy eating and drinking including lunchbox tips, recipes and healthy snacks.

Healthy Recipes

Make Healthy Normal Recipes: Find a collection of simple, family friendly, healthy recipes to cook with your family.

Healthy Kids Recipes: Find kid-friendly recipes that are quick to make, healthy and delicious!

Physical Activity and Reducing Screen Time

Get Active Each Day Fact Sheet: Learn how much activity your kids should be doing everyday and some practical tips to be more active.

Turn off the Screens Fact Sheet: Learn how much time your children should spend in front of screens and how you can manage screen time at home.

National physical activity and screen time recommendations for children 0-5 years years: Learn the current national physical activity, screen time and sleep recommendations for children 0-5 years.

Physical activity guidelines 5-12 year olds

National physical activity and screen time recommendations for children 5-12 years: Learn the current national physical activity, screen time and sleep recommendations for children 5-12 years.

National physical activity and screen time recommendations for children 13-17 years: Learn the current national physical activity and screen time for adolescents aged 13-17 years.

Tips to get active: Learn practical ways to encourage your family to have an active lifestyle.

Safe & Healthy Travel to School at any Age

Download our Active Travel flipbook for more information on the benefits of active travel and steps towards active travel independence.

Walking in Western Sydney

Find tips to increase walking in your day, heart foundation walking information and local council walking paths, sports grounds and parks and gardens information

A Healthy Transition to High School

Tips to Get Ready for High School brochure: Healthy bodies lead to healthy brains, Here are 8 practical tips that may help your child perform better at school.

Translated Healthy Lifestyle Fact Sheets

Translated Healthy Lifestyle Fact Sheets: Find information on healthy living for children and families available in Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Persian, Hindi and Tamil.

Fact Sheets for Aboriginal Families

Water- the Best Drink for Healthy Kids: Water is the best drink for everyone. Read more for information on healthy drinks for children

Active Kids are Healthy Kids: Get kids moving everyday! Learn about how much activity and screen time kids should have and tips to help kids keep moving.

Healthy Food Grows Strong Kids: Eating healthy foods will help kids grow strong, healthy and happy. Find ideas for healthy food, snacks and breakfasts

Other Healthy Lifestyle Information

Healthy Kids website

Healthy Kids helps families make healthy choices by providing a "one stop shop" of current and credible information, resources and support materials about healthy eating and physical activity

Make Healthy Normal website

Are you ready to join the journey to a healthier, more active lifestyle? You can sign up below for the 10-week program. It's a series of small steps that can make a big difference, it's free and there's absolutely no obligation (except to yourself). The secret to success is getting started - so what are you waiting for? Join thousands of Aussies making healthy normal by signing up for the 10 week program of small steps towards a healthier, happier you.

Go4Fun program

Go4Fun is a FREE 10-week healthy lifestyle program for NSW kids aged 7-13 who are above a healthy weight. Your kids will make new friends while they learn good eating habits, get active and become more confident. Go4Fun programs are fun, interactive and led by qualified health professionals. They are held after school, and run parallel with school terms. The result? Children and their families have fun are fitter, healthier and happier.

Get Healthy Service

The Get Healthy service is your guide to getting healthy. It is a free, confidential telephone based expert advice program giving you motivation to find a healthier, happier you. You can opt in for a six month coaching program (10 calls) or a one time call with additional information provided. This program will provide you with support, motivation and information.