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Recommendations for nutrition and physical activity for Australian children Med J Aust 2000; 173 Suppl 7 August: S1-S16 Our children's well being has a key influence on the success of future generations. The aim of any health professional or parent should be to encourage sensible nutritional and physical activity practices throughout childhood as well as in later life. Recently, there has been concern that children today may have a lifestyle which places them at an increased risk of developing diseases such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes in later life. Strategies for optimising health in children should promote sound dietary practices and physical activity to help prevent this outcome. This supplement attempts to answer some of the questions frequently asked by medical practitioners and health professionals about nutrition and physical activity in primary school children. A panel of experts working in paediatric health have contributed to the supplement, and to the development of recommendations which will assist healthcare practitioners in managing and treating problems related to nutrition and fitness.   Go to the contents list . . . An initiative of Sports Dietitians Australia Supported by Uncle Tobys See also Nutrition and physical activity needs of women aged 40 and over Readers may print a single copy of these pages for personal use. No further reproduction or distribution of the articles should proceed without the permission of the publisher. For permission, contact the Australasian Medical Publishing Company Journalists are welcome to write news stories based on what they read here, but should acknowledge their source as "an article published on the Internet by The Medical Journal of Australia <http://www.mja.com.au>". <URL: http://www.mja.com.au/> © 2000 Medical Journal of Australia.