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These guidelines provide population health advice to support health practitioners, early childhood educators, regional sports trusts and others who provide advice to parents, caregivers and whānau or families on physical activity for children under five years of age.

This report presents the available evidence about the effect of selected eating behaviours (‘how’ we eat) on diet and body size.

The Review of Physical Activity Guidance and Resources for Under-Fives provides options and recommendations to the Ministry on how its Active Movement resources could be updated.

This background paper provides evidence-based technical information and best practice recommendations on nutrition and physical activity for health practitioners working with children and young people.

Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Older People: A background paper assists health practitioners to provide advice that enables the majority of older people in New Zealand to lead longer, healthier and more independent lives.

The Guidelines on Physical Activity for Older People (aged 65 years and over) provide information for health practitioners, physical activity professionals and community fitness providers

The Ministry of Health and Cancer Society of New Zealand, with support from ACC, have developed a Consensus Statement on Vitamin D and Sun Exposure in New Zealand.