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Being active every day is important for the healthy growth and development of babies, toddlers and preschoolers. For this age group, physical activity of all intensities should be encouraged, including both light moving around and more energetic activity. How to keep your baby, toddler or infant activeBefore your baby begins to crawl, you can keep them physically active by encouraging them to grasp and reach for toys, getting them to move their limbs, head and body around throughout the day and during supervised floor play, including tummy time. Once your baby can move around themselves, encourage them to be as active as possible in a safe, supervised and nurturing play environment. When your child can walk on their own, they should be physically active for at least three hours every day. You can spread this throughout the day, indoors or outdoors. This can include light activity such as general getting up and walking around or light playing like running, jumping and skipping. Ensure some of this time includes more active play, such as riding a bike, going swimming, using a climbing frame, chasing and ball games. These are all great ways of getting you toddler active. Read more about activities you can do together. Why it's important to keep all children under 5 activeChildren under 5 should not be inactive for long periods, except of course when they're asleep. Watching TV, travelling by car, bus or train, or being strapped into a buggy for long periods of time are not good for a child's growth and development. There's an increasing amount of evidence that such behaviour can increase their risk of poor health. Children under 5 who are overweight can improve their health by meeting the activity guidelines, even if their weight doesn't change. To achieve and maintain a healthy weight, they may need to do additional activity and make dietary changes. If you think your child may be overweight and would like more advice, speak to your GP, midwife or health visitor. This figure shows that the prevalence of insufficient physical activity increases with age for both males and females. Among those aged 18–24, 41% of men and 48% of women were insufficiently active, while for those aged 65 and over 69% of men and 75% of women were insufficiently active.  This graph shows that the prevalence of physical activity was similar across remoteness areas—Major cities (54%), Inner regional (53%), and Outer regional and remote (55%). It also shows the prevalence of insufficient physical activity increased as disadvantage increased—from 48% for quintile 5 (highest socioeconomic areas) to 63% for quintile 1 (the lowest socioeconomic areas). Insufficient physical activity during COVID-19Data over the COVID-19 pandemic period are showing how Australia’s response to COVID-19 has impacted people’s physical activity levels. Overall, the relationship between public health measures designed to address COVID-19 and physical activity is complex. Restrictions on some activities and gathering sizes commenced in March 2020 in Australia. Between April and June 2020, data from the 2020 ABS Household Impacts of COVID Survey showed that a similar proportion of Australians aged 18 and over reported increasing (21%) or decreasing (19%) their total time spent on exercise or other physical activity than they did prior to the restrictions (in March 2020) (ABS 2020a, 2020b). Data also suggests that the type of physical activities that adults participated in changed between April to June 2020. Participation in recreational and fitness activities (for example, home exercise, bike riding and recreational walking) were least impacted by COVID-19 restrictions, while participation in organised and team sports (for example, football/soccer, basketball and gym workouts) decreased over this period (Clearinghouse for Sport 2021). One year on from the initial restrictions, fewer Australian adults reported exercising at a gym or playing an organised sport one or more times per week (25% in June 2021) than they did prior to the restrictions in March 2020 (38%) (ABS 2021). Although by February 2022, this rose to 30% (ABS 2022a). For more information on how the pandemic has affected the population's health in the context of longer-term trends, see ‘Chapter 2 Changes in the health of Australians during the COVID-19 period’ in Australia’s health 2022: data insights. Where do I go for more information?For more information on insufficient physical activity, see:
Visit Physical activity for more on this topic. ReferencesABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) (2019) Microdata: National Health Survey 2017–18, AIHW analysis of detailed microdata, accessed 6 June 2019. ABS (2020a) Household Impacts of COVID-19 Survey, 29 Apr–4 May 2020, ABS website, accessed 20 January 2022. ABS (2020b) Household Impacts of COVID-19 Survey, 24–29 June 2020, ABS website, accessed 20 January 2022. ABS (2022a) Household Impacts of COVID-19 Survey, February 2022, ABS website, accessed 21 March 2022. ABS (2022b) Physical activity, ABS website, accessed 21 March 2022. AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2018) Physical activity across the life stages, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 10 January 2022. AIHW (2019) Insufficient physical activity, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 10 January 2022. AIHW (2021) Australian Burden of Disease Study 2018: Interactive data on risk factor burden, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 10 January 2022. Clearinghouse for Sport (2021) Ongoing impact of COVID-19 on sport and physical activity participation June 2021 update, Clearinghouse for Sport, accessed 20 January 2022. Department of Health (2021) Physical activity and exercise guidelines for all Australians, Department of Health, Australian Government, accessed 10 January 2022. Pedersen BK and Saltin B (2015) ‘Exercise as medicine—evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in 26 different chronic diseases’, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 25(S3):1–72, doi: 10.1111/sms.12581. WHO (World Health Organization) (2018) Global action plan on physical activity 2018–2030: more active people for a healthier world, WHO, accessed 10 January 2022. What are the government recommendations for exercise for 19 to 64 year olds?Adults (18-64 years)
At least 150 minutes a week of moderate intensity activity such as brisk walking. At least 2 days a week of activities that strengthen muscles. Aim for the recommended activity level but be as active as you are able.
What are the physical activity guidelines for 18 64 year olds?Each week, adults should do either: 2.5 to 5 hours of moderate intensity physical activity – such as a brisk walk, golf, mowing the lawn or swimming. 1.25 to 2.5 hours of vigorous intensity physical activity – such as jogging, aerobics, fast cycling, soccer or netball.
What are the minimum physical activity recommendations for adults ages 18 65?All healthy adults aged 18–65 years should participate in moderate intensity aerobic physical activity for a minimum of 30 minutes on five days per week, or vigorous intensity aerobic activity for a minimum of 20 minutes on three days per week.
How much exercise does the UK government recommended?Recommendations. Adults in England should aim to take part in at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity each week, in bouts of 10 minutes or more, according to physical activity guidelines for adults from the UK Chief Medical Officers.
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