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The VicHealth Seed Challenge poses the question: How do we improve fruit and vegetable supply and access?"

The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) has awarded funding to 472 sports clubs in Victoria under its 2013 Active Clubs Grants round.

Sporting heroes from around the state have today teamed up to unveil a free VicHealth app, TeamUp. TeamUp is designed to make physical activity more accessible to everyone.

Victorian residents in five local government areas are set to benefit from a VicHealth and Sport and Recreation Victoria program designed to inspire people to get more physical activity into their day.

VicHealth has announced its first ever Social Marketing Research Practice Fellow, Griffith University's Dr Krzysztof Kubacki.

VicHealth CEO Jerril Rechter has again accepted the challenge to take a break from alcohol for the month of February as part of the 2013 febfast campaign.

This year, VicHealth is suggesting a different approach to the old-fashioned New Year’s Resolution to put a positive focus on health in 2013.

Following the success of seven unique projects funded under its original MOTION program, VicHealth today invites arts and cultural organisations to apply for grants of up to $70,000.

Eight extraordinary Victorian organisations have been formally recognised as the state’s champions of promoting good health and wellbeing for Victorians.

Primary school children who took part in VicHealth’s Walk to School campaign during October have walked a combined 241,115 kilometres – six times around the circumference of the Earth.