Be Healthy

Be Healthy was created by VicHealth for people looking for information they can trust on the topics of healthy eating, physical activity, mental wellbeing and reducing harm from alcohol and tobacco products.

VicHealth is a Victorian Government Agency that works with experts, evidence and research in health promotion.

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Back to school

14 Feb 2020

Get the kids involved in lunch box prep

Encourage your kids to fill their lunchboxes with the rainbow and make lunch box preparation fun.

Back to school

13 Feb 2020

Easy leftover lunchbox ideas

Looking for an easy leftover lunchbox idea?

Back to school

10 Feb 2020

Lunch box fillers for hot summer days

Looking for a tasty and cool snack for the summer months?

Back to school

03 Feb 2020

Tasty, easy vegetable fritters for school lunchboxes

Packed with nutrition and energy, veggie fritters make great lunchbox fillers and kids will love cooking them with you!

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Mental wellbeing

28 Jan 2020

Ensuring mental health for kids and young people: how parents can help

We all want our kids to enjoy mental health, but with so many external influences at play it can be difficult to know what you can do to ensure your kids can navigate their way through it all, bounce back from the challenges of life and thrive.

Healthy tips

20 Jan 2020

What’s hiding in your drink

Malt, dextrose or fructose - a sugar by any other name would taste as sweet.

Summer activities

10 Jan 2020

Smoke, extreme heat and exercise: advice on getting active during the 2020 Victorian summer

Many of us want to build or maintain a certain level of fitness, especially in January with New Year’s resolutions.

Tasty summer recipies

16 Dec 2019

Mocktail recipes

VicHealth has tried and tested two delicious, fresh mocktails you can easily make when entertaining this summer.

Gender equality

12 Dec 2019

Standing-up to everyday sexism

We encounter sexist behaviour so regularly we barely notice it anymore. Crude jokes, unwanted advances and unequal treatment of men and women doing the same job too often seem commonplace.