At Better Health Company, we understand that parenting toddlers and pre-schoolers comes with its unique set of joys and challenges. That's why we've curated a range of health programs, resources, and tools designed to support you every step of the way. Why? To empower parents and carers to raise happy, healthy toddlers!
The Active8 Program
Your guide to raising a healthy toddler
The Active8 Program is our health program designed for parents and carers of toddlers and pre-schoolers. Lasting eight weeks, this program is all about helping you make meal times easier, encouraging your child to be active, and teaching healthy eating habits that last a lifetime.
Led by qualified health professionals, The Active8 Program gives you practical advice and tools based on the latest research. Plus, you can choose between online sessions or in-person meetings in your local community. It's a simple, effective way to boost your confidence and create a healthier family routine.
Western Australia Department of Health has partnered with Better Health Company to deliver The Active8 Program across Western Australia. The Active8 Program is provided for free to eligible Western Australian parents.
Gain practical strategies to manage picky eaters and create a positive mealtime environment.
Less screen time, more play
Access a wealth of tips and strategies designed to keep your child active, stimulated, and excited about play.
Expert guidance
Benefit from expert-led sessions and personalised advice, ensuring you have the knowledge and confidence to navigate your toddler's health.
Personalised goal setting
Learn how to set goals to form a healthy family routine that works for you and your toddler.
How does it work?
Learn from home, or anywhere
The online program provides flexibility for busy parents whilst supporting them to help their young child eat well, try new foods and participate in active play. The online program runs for 8 weeks. Each week there is an educational, 30 minute, online learning session parents or carers will complete, and they will participate in a weekly 30 minutes phone call with a qualified health professional.
Children and their parent or carer come along to a program in a local community venue where they’ll learn alongside other parents and children. The in person program runs for 8 weeks and includes one 90 minutes session each week. The program includes parent support learning sessions, play activities, and an opportunity to try new foods with their child. Sessions are facilitated by health professionals.
Shop our curated products to support your child's development
Explore our thoughtfully selected range of health and wellbeing tools designed to complement The Active8 Program available for purchase. Shop confidently, knowing each item has been designed in-house by our team of health professionals. When you join The Active8 Program in a funded area, you get a selection of these resources for free.
"I joined The Active8 Program with my daughter Evie for extra support during the "fussy eating" phase, but got so much more out of the program than I ever expected."
- Bec and Evie, The Active8 Program (VIC Australia)
Bec: Hi my name is Bec and this is my daughter Evie and we have done The Activate Program. I decided to join the Activate Program because I wanted to understand more about healthy eating for my daughter especially as we work through the fussy eating phase. I felt like I really needed some guidance on how to maintain healthy habit.
The part I loved about the program is that the information is simple and easy to understand and was delivered in an engaging and interactive way. The package that we received was great and came in good use I really love the portion measuring cup just to make sure that we’re not under or over serving. One of the things I learned about active play was that you can break it up into smaller segments to fit in with a busy lifestyle it takes the stress and overwhelm out of it and makes it fun for you and your little one. And with healthy eating the information on what is really healthy and not just on face value was really eye openening and taught me not to rely on major claims on packages and to read the food labels.
The changes I am most proud of our family making are checking food packaging to see the levels of fats and sugars. We changed our granola and finding more ways to include healthy eating and active play into our lives by making small and simple changes like using an activity box instead of watching the TV. My fussy eating daughter now tries more foods even if she doesn’t like it we keep offering and she soon starts to try and eat more. Grapes are now one of her favorites yay!
What surprised me most about the program was the support and information available is amazing and you get time to ask a qualified health coach questions that can help you make better choices for your family. To someone who thinks they may be too busy for the program I thought I was too busy for it even though it seems like an added stress it isn’t. It is totally worth it! The self-paced option allows you to work around your schedule and even complete the program bit by bit day by day if you have to. Knowing that I might help my daughter make better choices throughout her life is the best thing I could have asked for.
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Are you a health professional working with parents and young children?
Refer your clients to The Active8 Program. We provide evidence based guidance around physical activity, fussy eating and nutrition to help parents build confidence during meal times and form healthy family habits!
The Active8 Program was informative and gave us the confidence to believe in the strategies we were following at home for meal times. Little changes implemented from the course have made a big difference in our house.Omar, father of 6 year old
The support and information available is amazing and you are able to ask an educated health professional questions that can help you make better choices for your family.Max, father of 5 year old
My fussy eating daughter now tries more foods, even if she doesn’t like it, we keep offering and she soon starts to try and eat more. Cucumber is now one of our her favourites – hooray!Jodie, mother of 2 year old
What surprised me the most is how engaging and interactive the program is. It's not just about information; it encourages practical changes through rewarding activities like hitting movement goals and trying diverse, nutritious foods.Tarim, mother of 7 year old
This is a great all-rounder program that provides parents with confidence when approaching screen time, physical activity and healthier meal times.Jessica, mother of 3 year old
It was really helpful to have the one-to-one phone sessions with a health coach to discuss strategies and support on how to complete our goals. Our daughters eat more of a variety of meals and enjoy eating together more.Riley, mother of 6 year old
