Course: Preventing Childhood Obesity: an Early Start to Healthy Living

It is important that each country develops their own healthy eating guidelines. Why different? Guidelines for healthy eating for children differ from country to country . This is because each …

Children should experience nutritious foods in stages, from breastfeeding, to the introduction of solids and family foods. Breastfeeding (first 6 months for up to 2 years and beyond) Breastfeeding provides …

Healthy eating involves consuming adequate amounts of fresh fruits, vegetables, wholegrains and low-fat protein foods for optimal health and development. Benefits of healthy eating for children include: Weight gain prevention …

Children are eating more energy dense foods than they should and not enough fruits and vegetables… A few alarming statistics: Less than 10% of 4-8 year old children in Australia …

The main cause of people being overweight and obese is a “caloric imbalance”—too few calories expended for the amount of calories consumed—which is affected by various genetic, behavioural, and environmental …

Has this course sparked your interest in a field of research or study in the area of early childhood education, health or development? Are you inspired to discover more? Join …

Thanks for joining us on this journey to learn about how we can prevent childhood obesity! Over the past four weeks, we have learned about the crucial roles that nutrition, …

In this video we discuss tips for good sleep hygiene, including the following. Develop a routine: Be consistent with regular times for going to bed at night and getting up …

We asked parents and teachers what they think about sleep and its role in childhood health and well being. In this video parents and teachers discuss many challenges facing children …

A lot about what we currently know about sleep comes from our understanding of what happens when we don’t get enough sleep, or when we sleep poorly. Sleep deprivation has …

Although there are many hormones and neurotransmitters (or chemical messengers in the brain) involved in regulating sleep and wakefulness, melatonin is one of the most common hormones involved in the …