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For the majority of children who are born healthy, they should be given every opportunity to stay that way throughout their childhood and into teens, providing great foundations and positive attitudes to becoming and remaining a healthy adult.

For children who are born with health issues, or where health issues present themselves later, children should have the right to easily and affordably access services, products, treatments, and an improved quality of life while living with, treating or recovering from health issues.

Children grow rapidly. As a parent, you want to give your child the very best but, with so many, often conflicting messages, you might wonder what the best actually is, and how much of it to give them.

You buy what you believe to be healthy products which have been a regular part of their lunchboxes, or treatments for common ailments that you've administered to all your children when suddenly one day you wake up with newspapers running reports on the latest research warning that these products are, in fact, no good at all.

You start questioning everything - do they eat too little or too much and did they miss essential nutrients because you grabbed a drive-through meal last week? Are they getting enough of the right kind of exercise or are you questioning their weight range? When they go off to childcare and school are they going to come back with a cold, contagious disease or head lice? And why don't any of their friends still wet the bed?

Then if you have a child who has serious allergies or special health needs requiring daily attention and extra care, you might wonder what you did wrong while you were pregnant or if you've passed on something genetic.

Kids don't like it when they get sick but most children with no special medical needs generally don't think about health problems or medical matters. When Children's Guide asked local students to provide their thoughts on the broad, general topic of "health", none of them said "I feel healthy when I get medicine or visit the doctor". Instead, we were told about fruit, vegetables, sport and playing outdoors.

Developing good diet, exercise and hygiene habits early will help prevent health problems in later life, and not only provide your children with healthy bodies, but healthy attitudes about balanced lifestyles as well.

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