Conversation starters that provide health professionals with practical strategies to encourage healthy growth and lifestyle management for children and their families during routine assessments. (PDF, 1.1MB)

First 2000 Days webinar series aims to build capacity of service providers and health professionals to provide support and referral pathways to families and young children in the First 2000 Days of life. The webinar series covers topics such as breastfeeding, nutrition, sleep and mental health.

A guide for clinicians on accurately using a stadiometer to measure the height of a child aged 2 years and over. (PDF, 106KB)

A guide for health professionals to accurately use standing scales to measure the weight of a child aged 2 years and over. (PDF, 319KB)

A range of videos developed for health professionals to assess and support children’s healthy growth.

An interactive BMI calculator for children and adolescents aged 2-18 to assist in the identification of healthy weight ranges for a child’s age and height.

Developed by NSW Health, this toolkit provides health professionals with practical information and resources to help embed children’s growth assessment as part of routine clinical practice. (PDF, 932KB)

A short video which explains how to calculate a child’s weight status and monitor growth over time. The video provides an example patient and tracks their weight status over time.