physical activity
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To grow up healthy, children need to sit less and play more
30th April 2019
On 24 April, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a new set of recommendations on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of age.
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Making streets safer across the United States
11th February 2019
As part of their mission to be a relentless force for a world of longer healthier lives, the American Heart Association supports cities and states in the U.S. making policy changes for healthier communities, like through Voices for Healthy Kids, focusing on childhood health and works to create safe active environments where walking and cycling are part of everyday life and culture -
Levels of physical activity remain dangerously low worldwide - WHO
5th September 2018
More than 1.4 billion adults are at risk of disease from not doing enough physical activity, says a new WHO report published in The Lancet Global Health.
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Physical activity in Latin America: new WHO plan and industry interference
11th July 2018
A recent webinar by the Healthy Latin American Coalition (CLAS) presented the new WHO global plan for physical activity, a mapping of stakeholders in 13 countries, and discussed interference from the ultra-processed foods and beverage industries.