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romp and chomp logoRomp & Chomp

The Romp & Chomp project focuses on helping Geelong families with children 0-5 years lead healthy active lives. Romp & Chomp assists with promoting healthy eating, active play and drinks messages for early childhood staff with supportive policies in early childhood services, training for staff, education resources and social marketing messages.

Introducing the Romp & Chomp family

The Romp & Chomp family is a role model family to encourage all families with children 0-5 years to include daily active play and healthy eating habits in their lifestyle.

The Romp & Chomp family characters will be used to promote all key messages to parents and children under 5 years for the remainder of the social marketing campaign.

The Romp & Chomp family have been designed with graphic design and marketing expertise to target children under 5 and their parents. Once people identify with the Romp & Chomp family then key messages can be promoted utilising the family. For example, with active play parents will be targeted with support messages about possible paths of action to increase active play opportunities for children under 5.

Project partnership members:

Intervention sites include:

 

Romp & Chomp Resources

Newsletters for early childhood workers

Newsletter summer 2006 (PDF 684 KB)

Reports

Report 2006 - 2007

Early Childhood Setting Resources


        - Daily Active Play

Project materials

Policies - Food Safety, Nutrition Policy, Food at Kindergarten, Drinks at Kindergarten, Special Dietary Needs.

Posters -Water; Fruit & vegetable; Screen time; Active play

Postcards - Water; Fruit & vegetable; Variety; Lunch & snacks

Lunch brochure for parents

Other

Romp & Chomp brochure (PDF 95 KB)

Romp & Chomp PowerPoint presentation by Louise van Herwerden at Geelong site visit 31st August 2006 (PPS 6.28 MB)

For further information contact

Louise van Herwerden
Project Coordinator
tel: (03) 5261 1100
louisev@barwonhealth.org.au