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Spotlight on women’s wellbeing as ‘Queenslandhers’ rise above the challenges of 2020

Queensland women who faced adversity during 2020 are sharing their stories of inner strength in a new Health and Wellbeing Queensland campaign putting a spotlight on women’s wellbeing.
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Far North Queensland Hub: a stellar and collaborative start

Our Far North Queensland Hub hit a milestone recently with its first gathering of 12 Torres Strait Island Regional Council’s (TSIRC) Healthy Lifestyle Officers from across the region. In a

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Chef Matt Golinski is making healthy happen in new HWQld Ambassador role

Celebrity chef Matt Golinski will inspire Queenslanders to cook with healthy as an Ambassador with Health and Wellbeing Queensland.
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Pick of the Crop putting veggies and fruit on the menu for Logan kids

Logan primary school children will be supported to eat more healthy vegetables and fruit as part of a Health and Wellbeing Queensland pilot.
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Celebrating 12 months with you

“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health,” said

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From farm to the classroom, Bundaberg is Pick of the Crop for school healthy eating pilot

Bundaberg growers will join forces with schools to get kids eating more fresh vegetables and fruit, with the region announced as a pilot location for Health and Wellbeing Queensland’s Pick
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Dr Robyn Littlewood Celebrates First Year as Chief Executive

We are proud to acknowledge our Chief Executive, Dr Robyn Littlewood, as she marks her first anniversary of leading Queensland’s first dedicated health promotion agency.
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NAIDOC Week: Partnering with remote communities for childhood health

We sat down with Renae, Dietitian and PhD student to talk about her research on childhood healthy weight, focused on Indigenous families. Could you explain your PhD work? My PhD

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NAIDOC Week: closing the gap of understanding

Floyd Leedie is the Chief Executive Officer, Goondir Health Services and proud Wakka Wakka man who has spent much of his career working for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service

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Celebrating NAIDOC Week: pick one thing to help expand your knowledge

This NAIDOC Week, we’d love to introduce you to Dr Simone Nalatu, our Principal Lead – First Nations Communities who has worked with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities much

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What NAIDOC Week means to Deanne

We sat down with Deanne, Principal Program Officer at Health and Wellbeing Queensland who shared with us her family history, what this NAIDOC Week means to her and how you

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ECHO® series helping Queensland’s rural doctors address childhood obesity

Health and Wellbeing Queensland is supporting rural doctors to gain specialist training and mentoring to address childhood obesity in their communities, with the help of the globally recognised Project ECHO®

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