| Overarching Guidelines | - Meet the Australian Government requirement that at least 2 hours of physical activity is included in the curriculum each week
- Promote skills for lifelong participation and enjoyment in a range of physical activity (team work, goal setting, practice, help seeking)
- Create a safe and challenging environment for participation in physical activity
- Incorporate relevant departmental safety guidelines
- Reflect the Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents and Australian Guide to Healthy Eating
- Develop hands-on skills to select and prepare a variety of nutritiously sound meals
- Display sensitivity to students' self-esteem and body image
| - Program bias toward competitive physical activities
- Fitness testing approaches and Body Mass Index as measures of health
- Implementing programs that have limited potential to make a long-term contribution
- Promote strict food rules or diets
- Programs/resources that take a problem-based approach (that is, obesity prevention)
- Recommend products or practices that promise quick fix, secret or miracle cures for everyone
- Promote vitamin supplements to students/parents and staff
- Use food and/or exercise diaries for longer than a week
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