Children who play a lot learn skills such as sitting, crawling and standing quicker. Play also leads to better health and wellbeing as they grow older.
- Associate Director and Researcher at the Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit (DPHRU), University of the Witwatersrand
Women’s Day is used to draw attention to the issues women still face in South Africa.
The women in our study knew that play was important, although they didn’t see it as an independent behaviour to be encouraged or promoted.
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It’s not enough to simply promote healthy eating and exercise without considering South Africa's very real environmental and structural constraints.
It’s not enough to simply promote healthy eating and exercise without considering the very real environmental and structural constraints present in South Africa.
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