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References used for this fact sheet
- Dietary guidelines for children and adolescents in Australia, incorporating the Infant feeding guidelines, National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Government. More information here.
- Australia's physical activity recommendations for children and young people, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Government. More information here.
- Batch J, & Baur L 2005, ‘Management and prevention of obesity and its complications in children and adolescents’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 183, no. 3, pp. 130–134. More information here.
- Gibbons K L 2002, ‘The role of fats in the lifecycle stages: The primary school years’, in Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 176, no. 11 (Suppl.), pp. S115–S116. More information here.
- Wake M A, & McCallum Z 2004, ‘Secondary prevention of overweight in primary school children: What place for general practice?’, in Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 181, no. 2, pp. 82–84. More information here.
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