Be Healthy

Be Healthy is a blog 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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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.

Holiday tips

20 Dec 2019

Sleigh your health goals this holiday season

We all want to enjoy the holiday season celebrating and spending time with friends and family. Better yet we want to hold onto that relaxed holiday feeling as long as we can into the new year.

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.