Resources
Measuring food provision in Western Australian long day care (LDC) services: a weighed food record method/protocol at a service level
Background There are currently 1.3 million children utilising Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services in Australia. Long day care (LDC), family day care and out of school hours care...
Northern Territory Nutrition and Physical Activity Resources
Nutrition and physical activity - NT Health
Policy Brief 1 – Achieving Equality and Equity in the Provision of Food and Nutrition Support in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings: Opportunities and Actions for System Change in Australia.
Policy Brief 1 There is a lack of equality in the provision and accessibility of initiatives, programs, services, training and resources which support ECEC settings to provide safe and healthy...
Policy Brief 3 – A call to update the National Get Up & Grow guidelines and associated resources
Policy Brief 3 What is the problem? It is time to update or replace the Get Up & Grow guidelines and associated resources to ensure a national support tool that is current, useable, driven by...
Healthy Kids – Munch & Move resources
The Munch & Move program offers a suite of practical resources for early childhood educators to use in their practice to promote healthy lifestyles to children aged 0-5 years....
Policy Brief 2 – A case for mapping Food Provision across jurisdictions and ECEC services and settings: How one tick box can build and support the bigger picture in early childhood health and education development
Policy Brief 2 Over 900,000 children up to school-age attend ECEC services,1 meaning that these children could be accessing of their daily dietary intake whilst at an ECEC service. ECEC services...
Increasing Food Expenditure in Long Day-Care by an Extra $0.50 Per Child/Day Would Improve Core Food Group Provision
Early childhood education and care services are a significant feature of Australian family life, where nearly 1.4 million children attended a service in 2019. This paper reports on the cost of...
Childcare Food Provision Recommendations Vary across Australia: Jurisdictional Comparison and Nutrition Expert Perspectives
Early childhood is a critical stage for nutrition promotion, and childcare settings have the potential for wide-reaching impact on food intake. There are currently no Australian national...
Empirical insights into educator knowledge, confidence and intentions in promoting children’s Learning, Eating, Active Play and Sleep (LEAPS)
This published paper provides results from Queensland's LEAPS program. Cleland, Phoebe, Byrne, Rebecca, Vidgen, Helen, Irvine, Susan, Farrell, Ann, & Gallegos, Danielle (2018) Advancing...