Course: Preventing Childhood Obesity: an Early Start to Healthy Living

Here’s what children have to say about sleep… Conversation starter Watch the above video and consider the following questions in your comments. What factors might be influencing children’s ideas and …

Here’s what children have to say about screen time… Watch the above video and consider the following questions in your comments. Conversation starter What factors might be influencing children’s ideas …

Young children of the 21st century have unprecedented access to electronic media and spend more time with screens than any other time in history. They are also introduced to screens …

Here’s what children have to say about physical activity… Watch the above video and consider the following questions in your comments. Conversation starter What factors might be influencing children’s ideas …

Here’s what children have to say about nutrition… Conversation starter Watch the above video and consider the following questions in your comments. What factors might be influencing children’s ideas and …

Sedentary behaviour is not simply a lack of physical activity but is a cluster of individual behaviours where sitting or lying is the dominant posture and energy expenditure is very …

There are so many wonderful places around the world, where children can be physically active. A number of Governments and Organisations are putting things in place to encourage children to …

There are many ways to create environments that increase children’s activity levels. The following photographs of an early childcare centre show practical ways to create indoor and outdoor environments that …

We asked parents about strategies that they have tried at home to encourage their children to be more active during everyday activities and here are some ideas they shared. Hanging …

We asked parents and teachers what they think about physical activity, its role in obesity prevention and strategies for encouraging young children to be active. In this video parents and …

Increasing the time spent in physical activity can be difficult but adults hold the key to making a difference. There are many reasons why it may be difficult to increase …

Physical activity involves the movement of muscle groups in a way that expends energy. There are three ways that the body expends energy: resting metabolic rate, metabolising food, and physical …

Physical activity plays a key role in the cause and prevention of obesity in young children. Are children becoming less active? It’s true that young children are the most active …