A-Z of healthy living

As you become older, the foods and drinks that make up a healthy diet for you may be slightly different from when you were younger.

Nuts are a healthy food and a good source of protein and healthy fats.

Overweight and obesity are essentially preventable diseases.

The hormones leptin, insulin, oestrogens, androgens and growth hormone are factors in obesity.

Once children are overweight, it takes a lot of effort for them to return to a healthy weight.

If your child is overweight, you can help by making healthier lifestyle choices for yourself.

Oral sex is using your mouth, lips or tongue to stimulate your partner’s genitals or anus. Includes consent, risks, STIs, reducing risk, avoiding oral sex and where to get help.

Organic foods are farmed in a more environmentally sustainable way than conventional foods.

Orienteering organisations remove hazards where possible or clearly signpost them and warn all participants.

OSFED stands for ‘other specified feeding or eating disorders’ and is one of the most common eating disorders in Australia.