Follow the links below to find information on exercise, fitness, sport-related injury, drugs in sport, and how you can adjust your weight through exercise.
To find information on the relationship between diet and weight, including weight loss diets, see the Diet and Overweight [HealthInsite Topic Page]
Reviewed August 2010
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29 Resources Found
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Sporting performance and food
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Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
Good diet and nutrition can enhance sporting performance. Carbohydrates should form the basis of the sportsperson' s diet. For most athletes, a varied healthy diet will provide vitamins and minerals as well as protein to promote growth and repair of muscle tissues. Adequate fluid intake is essential to help performance and prevent dehydration. |
| Date: |
Oct 2011 |
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ConnectABILITY recreation services
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| Publisher: |
Novita Children's Services
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| Description: |
Provides information about Novita's ConnectABILITY program that aims to provide children living with physical disabilities, aged five to 13 years, with greater access to community-based sport and recreation activities. |
| Date: |
Jan 2012 |
| Title: |
Leisure and recreation
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| Publisher: |
Novita Children's Services
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| Description: |
Information is provided about the importance of leisure activities for children with physical disability together with information about services that assist children and families to find suitable activities that welcome disabled people. |
| Date: |
Dec 2011 |
| Title: |
Water
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| Publisher: |
Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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| Description: |
Did you know that water is even more important than food to your body because - your body is mostly water! Yes it's true! |
| Date: |
Sep 2011 |
| Title: |
Athletes
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| Publisher: |
The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
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| Description: |
Although exercise is vital for the development of peak bone mass in childhood and adolescence, excessive and elite level exercise undertaken in the adolescent years may have detrimental effects on the attainment of peak bone mass. |
| Date: |
Jul 2011 |
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Cheating - at sport and games
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| Publisher: |
Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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| Description: |
You might know someone who has cheated, you might know about someone who has cheated or you might think about cheating or cheat sometimes yourself. |
| Date: |
Jul 2011 |
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Walking - safety and environmental issues
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| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
Walking is a low impact activity that offers many health benefits. It's good for your heart, joints, muscles and bones. It's free, requires no training or special equipment, and is generally a safe way to exercise. However, there are safety and environmental issues to consider, especially if you choose to walk in parks or reserves that offer difficult terrain or long trails. |
| Date: |
May 2011 |
| Title: |
Walking for good health
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| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
Walking can improve health and fitness. Walking can help you lose body fat and maintain a healthy weight, improve your fitness and reduce your risk of developing conditions such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and some cancers. To get the health benefits, try to walk for at least 30 minutes as briskly as you can most days of the week. |
| Date: |
May 2011 |
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HIV, hepatitis and sport
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| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
The risk of catching HIV or hepatitis B or C through sports activity is extremely small. These viruses are transmitted through blood, semen or vaginal secretions into the bloodstream. HIV and hepatitis B or C cannot be caught from sweat or saliva from other sportspeople. Standard practice is to stop play if a player is bleeding, dress the wound and clean up any blood before resuming play. |
| Date: |
Apr 2011 |
| Title: |
Child development: 10-12 years
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| Publisher: |
Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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| Description: |
It is in these three years that children move from 'childhood' to a view of a more adult world that they will clearly want or be forced to join in the near future |
| Date: |
Apr 2011 |
| Title: |
Physical development: 1-2 years
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| Publisher: |
Raising Children Network (RCN)
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| Description: |
Discusses the physical growth - and improvements in coordination, strength and mobility - of one-year-olds. |
| Date: |
Feb 2011 |
| Title: |
Safe fun with water
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| Publisher: |
Raising Children Network (RCN)
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| Description: |
Drowning is the major cause of death for children under five. Precautions, supervision and resuscitation skills are discussed. |
| Date: |
Jan 2011 |
| Title: |
Fishing - eat your catch with care
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| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
People who fish in the Lower Yarra and Maribyrnong rivers need to be careful about eating their catch. Chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can build up in fish. Some fish can also have high levels of mercury. The risks of eating your catch can be reduced if you make sensible choices about the type and amount of fish you eat. The use of lead sinkers when fishing can also pose a health risk. |
| Date: |
Aug 2011 |
| Title: |
Lawn bowls - health benefits
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| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
Lawn bowls is a precision sport that is played for the challenge and competition, personal enjoyment, physical activity, the pleasure of spending time outdoors and for social interaction. It is also a low impact, therapeutic form of exercise. |
| Date: |
Nov 2010 |
| Title: |
Golf - health benefits
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| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
Golf can be good for your health and your heart. An average golf course can provide up to four kilometres of walking. Pulling or carrying clubs will also improve fitness and strength. Golf can also be a social sport and a good way to meet or stay in touch with friends. |
| Date: |
Nov 2010 |
| Title: |
Cycling - health benefits
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| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
Cycling is a great way to exercise while also enjoying the environment around you. It can also be a competitive sport. Cycling is mainly an aerobic activity, which means that your heart, blood vessels and lungs all get a workout. |
| Date: |
Nov 2010 |
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Basketball - health benefits
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| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
Basketball is very popular as a casual way to exercise and as a competitive team sport. It is a fast-action game with lots of running and jumping, and provides a good physical workout. |
| Date: |
Nov 2010 |
| Title: |
Developmental coordination disorder
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| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is an umbrella term applied to children and adults who have various athletic difficulties such as awkwardness or lack of skill. Treatment includes sporting participation and practice. |
| Date: |
Aug 2010 |
| Title: |
Food - eating and sport
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| Publisher: |
Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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| Description: |
You need to provide your body with the right sort of fuel if you are exercising regularly and training for your sport. What you need to eat. |
| Date: |
Jul 2010 |
| Title: |
Holidays
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| Publisher: |
Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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| Description: |
What are you going to do in your long holidays? everyone asks each other. We all have great plans and leave lots of things to do in the holidays. |
| Date: |
Mar 2010 |
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