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Supporting the Gold Coast Marathon to reach Indigenous Youth

First Nations youth from regional and remote Queensland are being offered a discounted registration fee to join in the virtual 2km and 4km Junior Dash events.
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International Women’s Day

Earlier in March we celebrated International Women’s Day with a gathering of almost 50 female and male Queensland leaders.
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$4.3 million investment to get more Queenslanders moving with ActiveKIT

Health and Wellbeing Queensland is collaborating with Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport to launch an exciting new funding program to get more Queenslanders moving.
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Keriba Way means ‘Our Way’ in Far North Queensland

KERIBA Way includes health screening, yarning circles and activities around nutrition, physical activity, mental health, smoking, diabetes and more.
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Getting kids excited about veggies

As part of the Pick of the Crop pilot in Logan, we teamed up the children of Logan City Special School with our healthy food Ambassador, Matt Golinski.
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Far North Queensland Visit

We recently visited Far North Queensland to further support the food security agenda.
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Our Acknowledgement of Country

Words can be profound vehicles to showing respect, so our team crafted a unique version of an acknowledgement to the first owners of these lands.
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Staff profile: Judy Nean, health promotion’s heart

Meet Judy Nean, Director Health Promotion at Health and Wellbeing Queensland. Judy is proud Mum to two grown boys, The Cat (less known as Jem) and a sourdough culture called

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Behavioural science approach for Bundaberg health and wellbeing

Our work in partnership with the Bundaberg community has begun a new stage, with testing of a behavioural science approach toward improving the region’s health and wellbeing underway. Behavioural scientists

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Pick of the Crop swings into action

Pictured: Bowen State School Enviro Club helpers Georgia, Mia, Hannah and Isiah busy prepping the gardens. Health and Wellbeing Queensland’s Pick of the Crop program has swung into action in

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South West Nutrition Collaborative

In line with our place-based approach toward healthier communities, work has commenced with the South West Hospital and Health Service (HHS) Healthy Communities Team to explore a range of options

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Brisbane South GPs encouraged to focus on healthier weight and wellbeing for kids

General practices will be given more support to broach the topic of childhood obesity with patients and families and to prescribe prevention pathways like walking groups and coaching programs, as

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