Physical activity, screen time and sleep levels for preschoolers in Canada and globally don’t meet recommendations, risking global health challenges. It’s time to get little ones a little more active.
- Professor of Pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine and Senior Scientist at the CHEO Research Institute, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
The changing climate is an added barrier to getting children and youth in Canada to meet the minimum guidelines for being physically active.
If we want to avoid playing outside becoming a thing of the past, we need to restore the habit in our children after lockdown.
We need better national monitoring of children’s fitness levels.
Why we should free children from the deadening tyranny of being driven everywhere.
On the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, let’s remember children’s right to play.
Pakar memperingatkan bahwa waktu penggunaan gadget yang berlebihan meningkatkan risiko obesitas, kebugaran fisik yang rendah, kecemasan dan depresi.
Global experts warn that excessive screen time increases the risk of obesity, low physical fitness, anxiety and depression.
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