Healthy Youngsters, Healthy Dads
Fuelling Families: Building Healthy Habits Together!
Healthy Youngsters, Healthy Dads (HYHD) teaches fathers and their 3-5 year old children how to adopt and role model healthy eating and physical activity behaviours essential to improve the quality of life of families and communities.
What’s involved?
Over eight weeks, fathers and their children attend weekly 75 minute facilitator-led group sessions. During these sessions, fathers and their youngsters spend quality time together participating in fun, engaging and educational activities that are beneficial for both their physical and mental health.
Each HYHD session includes:
20-minute fun education session
55-minute practical session
These sessions will focus on:
Healthy eating for families
Fundamental movement skills (e.g. throwing, kicking, striking and catching)
Rough and tumble play
Health-related fitness
Fun and active household and backyard games
Fathers also attend two separate Dads-only information sessions. During these sessions the fathers will learn about physical activity, nutrition, evidence-based parenting strategies and how to engage in positive lifestyle role modelling to optimise their family’s health.
Our Partners
The HYHD program has been made possible by the generous support of our partners. We have worked with national and international partners including; Greater Charitable Foundation, Hunter Medical Research Institute, and Rotary International. Strong partnerships are vital to the success of the program in changing the lives of families for the better.
