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Commercial factors driving unhealthy diets

With more than two in three Australian adults and one in four children above a healthy weight*, researchers say food availability, affordability and marketing can contribute to bad choices. Excess...

Media release

4 min read

13 Oct 2022

https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/media-releases/commercial-factors-driving-unhealthy-diets

Health Promotion

Good health is a basic human right, something we all want. Health promotion is all about helping us get it. It’s about encouraging people, communities, organisations and governments to take actions.

About page

5 min read

15 Feb 2021

https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/about-us/health-promotion

Victorian Health Promotion Awards

Some important details and links: All nominations are to be submitted online via awards.vichealth.vic.gov.au Key 2022 dates: 10am, Tuesday 9 August 2022 – Nominations...

About page

1 min read

5 Aug 2019

https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/about-us/victorian-health-promotion-awards

Victorian-first curriculum-aligned resources launched to help teachers and students learn about youth vaping harms

Teachers of year 7-10 students will now have access to a range of new vaping education resources designed to teach young people about the dangers of vaping and help create healthy...

Media release

4 min read

11 Jan 2024

https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/media-releases/victorian-first-curriculum-aligned-vaping-education-resources-launched

Artwork by Dexx (Gunditjmara/Boon Wurrung) ‘Mobs Coming Together’ 2022

VicHealth acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land. We pay our respects to all Elders past, present and future.

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Artwork Credit: Dexx (Gunditjmara/Boon Wurrung) ‘Mobs Coming Together’ 2022, acrylic on canvas. Learn more about this artwork.