Clinician’s Guide to Healthy Kids

A podcast series with a diverse range of topics including sleep, nutrition, physical activity, healthy growth and disordered eating in children. Throughout the season we engage in discussions with Queensland health experts to explore how to raise health concerns with families, how to complete brief health behaviour assessments and how to provide advice and support for families across Queensland.

How to listen

Listen to Clinician’s Guide to Healthy Kids at the links below, or find episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Alexa, or your favourite podcast app.

Disordered Eating in Higher Weights

Disordered eating is prevalent in our society. We want to approach conversations in ways that promote healthy relationships with food.

Give me strength!

Weaving conversations about nutrition, physical activity, and sleep into a 10 minute consult can be hard.

Sleep as a superpower

Sleep is a superpower. Get tips to support families towards better health through improved sleep.

Move more, sit less.

This episode is all about movement and how to help families be healthier through being active.
Healthy growth with healthy diets with Dr Natassja Billich

Healthy growth with healthy diets 

Learn how to support families to be healthier through food and nutrition, whilst keeping an eye on the clock!

Beat the bias – having healthy, impactful discussions around weight

The language around weight can be difficult to navigate. Learn how to create conversations that are weight-neutral and body positive.

Let’s talk about weight

Measuring growth in children is an important part of a health check-up, as it enables early recognition of unhealthy weight.

The right tools for the job

This episode dives into what we should be using to guide our growth assessments with kids.

Media and news

Latest articles

Read the latest Health and Wellbeing Queensland news, opinions and media releases.

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Woman walking with handbag and man walking with his bike along a train station platform.

From walking to gardening, every move counts in statewide challenge

Health and Wellbeing Queensland prevention partner 10,000 Steps is encouraging Queenslanders to find ways to increase physical activity as part
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HWQld Pick of the Crop children working in the outdoor school garden

The case for early screening: addressing the rise of type 2 diabetes in children

With nearly 1.3 million Australians living with type 2 diabetes and more than 300 new cases diagnosed daily, diabetes is
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Step out to join the 2026 Move Together Challenge

The 2026 Move Together Challenge is encouraging Queenslanders to move more at a time, place and pace that works for
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Dr Robyn Littlewood, Professor Ian Lowe and Joanna Munro

Building a Prevention 2.0 ecosystem to tackle chronic disease

Health and Wellbeing Queensland's Prevention 2.0 approach tackles chronic disease through partnerships, prevention and system-wide action.
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Backyard Cricket

New movement guidelines shift focus on 24-hour cycle for health

The Australian Government’s new 24-hour Movement Guidelines for Adults and Older Adults reshape how we think about healthy living, recognising
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Chef with healthy meal options stands in front of cafeteria fridge

Hospitals achieve record results in healthy food, drink audit

Queensland’s public healthcare facilities are delivering record results in creating healthier food and drink environments, with the latest statewide audit

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