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...
Healthy Eating
April 6 2020 20 FREE and healthy activities that your children can do from home
With self-isolation and social distancing in full effect, it can be hard to think of fun tasks to keep your kids happy, healthy and most of all, insid...
February 27 2020 Packing a school lunchbox
Are you looking for information on how to pack a healthy school lunchbox that your kids' will love? Well, look no further! Packing a healthy lunch...
December 16 2019 A happy and healthy Christmas – a tale of survival
Written by Kristy Schirmer, a mum of two and a Parents’ Voice Steering Committee member from Adelaide. She has a background in health promotion and...
May 28 2019 Parent shaming about lunch boxes needs to stop
The beginning of each school term is always marked by the articles offering advice to parents about how to make healthy lunch boxes, and this is now e...
April 30 2019 Fresh fruit for kids at school: Small changes make a big difference
Written by Rebecca Zosel, a mother of three children aged 9, 7 and 2; Public Health Consultant; and Parents Voice Steering Committee Parent Representa...
March 26 2019 What’s really behind a supermarket deal?
Our next blog comes from Daniel Hunt. Dan's background is in obesity, alcohol and tobacco policy, and he is interested in the relationships between fo...
August 28 2018 How to get children to eat a rainbow of fruit and vegetables
The following article was written by Yasmine Probst, University of Wollongong and Ruth Crowe, University of Wollongong and was originally publishe...
June 28 2018 Why we need Better Kids’ Menus in our eateries & how parents can help
Jonathan is just an regular Dad who got frustrated with the options available when he ate out with his family. Deciding to do something about it he ...
May 21 2018 The watermelon smile – how eating out with kids could be so much easier (& healthier)
The following piece comes from our newest regular contributor, Sarah Dwyer. Sarah's first article, Let's get physical!, detailed the concerning statis...