Daily physical activity is critical during the early years of life for facilitating children's health and development. A large proportion of preschool children do not achieve the recommended 3 h of daily physical activity. Early childhood education and care (ECEC) services are a key setting to intervene to increase physical activity. There is a significant need for ECEC specific physical activity policy, including clearer guidelines on the amount of physical activity children should do during care, and strategies for implementation of these guidelines. ...

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Scott Sims and Dr Rebecca Glauert An interactive Child Development Atlas created by Telethon Kids researchers is giving policymakers, planners and ...

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Our Child Physical Activity, Health and Development team focuses on improving children’s physical activity levels, health and development. We work to uncover the best environments, policies and programs to facilitate physically active lifestyles for lifelong health and wellbeing. ...

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Childcare centres will be invited to help boost children’s physical activity levels by signing on to a new program which commits them to creating more opportunities for physical activity. ...

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Ellen Yasmin Rosemary Harvey Harman-Smith Cahill EH YHS RC BSocWk(Hons) BA, BHlthSc(Hons), PhD EdD, MEd, BEd(Hons) Senior Project Coordinator Head ...

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Daniel Christensen, Telethon Kids Institute Life Course Centre research fellow, explained there was rapid change in a child’s brain in the first few years of life, making their home environment and relationship with carers incredibly important. ...

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This project aimed to investigate how schools provide support for the psychosocial wellbeing and disease management of students with type 1 diabetes ...

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Professor Zubrick and Dr Kirsten Hancock are among several Telethon Kids researchers working through the Life Course Centre. ...

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The first major national study into the cost of providing late intervention services to children and young people has called for smarter and wiser expenditure to ensure children receive vital support services at a much earlier stage. ...

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