September 17 2020 Meet the Team – Emily
Hi it’s Emily here, I joined Diabetes Victoria in 2019 as a Health Promotion Officer in the Prevention and Health Promotion team working on the type...
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August 19 2020 Changing the way kids see vegetables
Are you running out of ideas for how to get your kids interested in vegies? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Sarah Dwyer, a mother of three and an e...
August 8 2020 Lockdown 2.0: we’ve done it before, we can do it again
Rebecca Zosel is a Melbourne-based parent who’s experiencing a second COVID-19 lockdown and another stint of remote learning. She has three children...
July 20 2020 How to help your school promote healthy eating during the pandemic
As schools’ transition to a ‘new normal’, they may be dealing with new challenges and requirements to help reduce the spread of coronavirus. ...
July 7 2020 Parents call for changes to the Health Star Rating system
Today we emailed letters contain our recommendations for the review of the Health Star Rating system to each of the Ministers that sit on the 'Austral...
June 29 2020 Keeping kids and parents active during the school holidays
Our next blog comes from Cat Walker. Cat is a mother of three and a health and wellness expert with more than 15 years’ experience. Her background i...
May 29 2020 Our life at home during COVID-19
In this blog post, Rebecca Zosel reflects on her family’s time at home during the pandemic and discusses the impact of COVID-19 on her children’s ...
May 20 2020 Expressions of Interest – Growth and Engagement Plan
Parents’ Voice is looking to work with a suitable consultant to develop a two year growth and engagement plan. Parents’ Voice is an online netw...
May 18 2020 A parents’ guide to understanding food labels
Our newest blog comes from dietitian and Parents’ Voice ally, Savina Rego. Her interest area is in comparing and contrasting healthy and unhealthy f...
April 27 2020 Surviving lockdown with the kids in tow
In this latest blog article, one of our parent members, Sarah Dwyer, shares her family’s lockdown survival story. So here we are in lockdown. A s...