Helpful links and resources
Navigating health information online can be confusing.So we've gathered trusted links and resources with information to help you achieve better health.
Healthy eating, nutrition guidelines and recipes
- Eat for Health (Australian Dietary Guidelines): https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/
- Fruit and Veg Encyclopaedia: Fruit & Veg Encyclopedia | Fresh For Kids – Fresh For Kids
- Get Up & Grow: Healthy eating and physical activity resources for parents
- Healthy WA: Food for kids
- Food Switch App by George Institute/Bupa: FoodSwitch
- Heart foundation (Healthy eating to protect your heart): Healthy eating to protect your heart
- Diabetes Australia: Diabetes fact sheets
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute: Fact sheets
- Mindful eating – eating disorders Victoria: Mindful Eating
- Health Translations Translated Health Resources: Health Translations | Health Translations
- Fresh Snap: Healthy eating in schools
- Live Lighter Recipes: LiveLighter – Healthy recipes
- Cancer Council Healthy Lunchbox Builder: Healthy Lunch Box | Cancer Council NSW
- Nutrition Australia Recipes: Category: Recipes | Nutrition Australia
- Nutrition Australia Healthy Lunchbox Week Recipes: Recipes | Healthy Lunch Box We (healthylunchboxweek.org.au)
- Healthy Eating Active Living (NSW) Recipes: Healthy Eating Active Living – Healthy recipes (nsw.gov.au)
- No Time No Money Recipes: Quick, Cheap & Easy Healthy Meal Ideas | No Money No Time
- Wok for Health Asian Inspired Recipes for Young People: Home – Wok For Health
- NEMO Food and Children with Autism: Autistic Spectrum Disorder – food and children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (health.qld.gov.au)
- Managing Fussy Feeders
- Ellyn Satter Institute: Raise a healthy child who is a joy to feed
- Managing Mealtimes: A parent’s guide to stress-free
- Food exploration ideas: Kids food art inspiration
- Health and Wellbeing Queensland: How to make your food stretch further
- Food Bank: Money saving tips
- Food bank: Find food support in your area
- Oz Harvest: Food relief for individuals
- Love Food Hate Waste: Budget friendly recipes
- Wellbeing SA: Budget friendly recipes
- Wellbeing SA: Smart healthy shopping
Movement and exercise
- Your move, more ways to get to places: Active transport
- Cosmic Kids Yoga: Cosmic Kids Yoga – YouTube
- Go Noodle: GoNoodle Home
- Nature Play Activities to do in nature: NaturePlay Australia | Resources
- Bluearth Activities to do at home: Bluearth At Home – Bluearth Foundation
- This Girl Can: Be Inspired ⋆ This Girl Can – Victoria
- Each Isolation Activities for Kids Indoors: Health Promotion: Isolation Activities For Kids – EACH
- Healthy Eating Active Living Recommendations and Strategies: Healthy Eating Active Living – Screen time for kids (nsw.gov.au)
- Raising Children Managing Screentime 3-11 years: Managing screen time: children 3-11 years | Raising Children Network
- Raising Children Managing Screentime 12-18 years: Managing screen time: strategies for teens | Raising Children Network
- 24 hour movement guidelines birth to 5 years: brochure
- 24 hour movement guidelines for children and adolescents: brochure
- Physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines adults (18 – 64 years): Fact sheet
- Physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines adults (18 to 64 years): Tips and ideas for being active
- Make your move adults (18 to 64 years): Sit less, be active for life
- Exercise Right Workouts: Home workouts
- Live Lighter Move Stronger: Exercise tips to get stronger
- Physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines – adults (18 – 64 years): Fact sheet
- Physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines – adults (18 to 64 years): Tips and ideas for being active
- Make your move, sit less, be active for life: Family guide
- Wellbeing South Australia: Physical activity for adults
Mindfulness and mental health support
- Crisis Assessment and Treatment Teams (CATT) & Psychiatric Emergency Teams (PET) (include state specific numbers)
- HeadSpace: https://headspace.org.au/
- Find a Centre: https://headspace.org.au/headspace-centres/
- Support for young people: https://headspace.org.au/explore-topics/for-young-people/navigating-life/
- Support for friends and family: https://headspace.org.au/explore-topics/supporting-a-young-person/mental-ill-health/
- Kids Helpline: https://kidshelpline.com.au/
- Lifeline: https://www.lifeline.org.au/
- Suicide Call Back Service: https://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/
- Beyond Blue: https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
- SANE Australia: https://www.sane.org/get-support
- Black Dog Institute: https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/resources-support/
- National Centre Against Bullying: https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/resources-support/
- Head to Health: https://www.headtohealth.gov.au/
- Grief line: https://griefline.org.au/
- Reach Out: https://au.reachout.com/
- Carers SA Counselling: https://www.carerssa.com.au/services/counselling/
- AIFS: Helplines, telephone and online counselling services for children, young people and adults
- Bravehearts: https://bravehearts.org.au/
- White Ribbon Australia: https://www.whiteribbon.org.au/Find-Help/Help-Lines
- Family Drug Support Australia: https://www.fds.org.au/
- The Butterfly Foundation (Disordered Eating): How to approach someone – Butterfly Foundation
- The Butterfly Foundation: https://butterfly.org.au/
- Eating Disorders Victoria: https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au/
- National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au/
- Headspace: https://www.headspace.com/headspace-meditation-app
- Calm: https://www.calm.com/
- Mindful.org: https://www.mindful.org/mindfulness-how-to-do-it/
- Smiling mind: https://www.smilingmind.com.au/
- Lumosity brain training app: https://www.lumosity.com/en/
- Cosmic yoga mindfulness for kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsy2L9VvX90
- 5 minute meditation for adults: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inpok4MKVLM
- Heart Foundation Australia mindful walking videos: https://walking.heartfoundation.org.au/benefits/walking-tips/mindfulness
- QLD: https://adis.health.qld.gov.au
- VIC: https://www.directline.org.au
- NSW: https://yourroom.health.nsw.gov.au
- WA: https://www.mhc.wa.gov.au
- SA: https://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au
- NT: https://nt.gov.au
- TAS: https://www.health.tas.gov.au
- 13 QUIT: https://www.health.gov.au/contacts/quitline
- E-cigarettes and vaping – what parents need to know: https://lungfoundation.com.au/lung-health/protecting-your-lungs/e-cigarettes-and-vaping/
- Centacare SA: https://www.cccsa.org.au/services/financial-support/emergency-relief/
- Affordable SA: https://www.affordablesa.com.au/
- NSW health cost of living hub: https://www.nsw.gov.au/money-and-taxes/cost-of-living-hub