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Follw the links below to find information about exercise, sport, and fitness for children.
Reviewed March 2009
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Stress - learning to relax
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Sometimes everything seems to go wrong at once. As more things happen we get more stressed, which means we get too tired and can't think properly!
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May 2009
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Riding a bike
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Getting a bike is really exciting. At last you can go off and join your mates, you can go places that are too far to walk,
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May 2009
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I'm no good at sport
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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There are two kinds of sport - organised sport, like belonging to a club or school sports team, and sport that you play with a group of friends at lunchtime or after school.
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Apr 2009
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I'm bored
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Maybe in school, when you have been super quick and finished the task early. Maybe at home when you have already seen the TV program. Boredom can become the boss of your personality.
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Apr 2009
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Sport and children
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Better Health Channel
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Active children are more likely to mature into physically active adults. Benefits of sport and physical activity for children include reduced risk of obesity, increased cardiovascular fitness, improved coordination and balance, better sleep and improved social skills. Best of all, getting moving is fun.
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Mar 2009
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Exercise
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Could you run and walk for hours, leap over rocks, climb mountains, carry loads, run and have a sound sleep and do it all again the next day?
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Mar 2009
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Leisure and recreation
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Novita Children's Services
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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.
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Mar 2009
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Teeth - protecting your teeth
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Teeth can be damaged when you are playing most sports like basketball, soccer, hockey, lacrosse, football, netball, roller blading, or skate boarding. Wearing a mouthguard can protect your teeth.
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Mar 2009
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Play Safety
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HealthInsite Topic Page
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Links to information on safety issues for children when playing and using play equipment, including information on sports injuries and playground and bicycle safety.
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Jan 2009
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How to get the kids to be more active
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The Children's Hospital at Westmead
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This factsheet covers why physical activity is important for children.
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Jan 2009
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Children - getting them active
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Better Health Channel
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Physical activity is important for children and young people. Exercise can protect against conditions including obesity and anxiety, and can improve posture, sleep, concentration and self-esteem.
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Dec 2008
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Gardening for children
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Better Health Channel
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Gardening is great for children. Kids in the garden learn new skills and have fun, especially when they grow an edible garden. Children can learn about science, nature and the environment from growing their own food. Make sure your edible garden is a safe place with suitable tools, equipment and landscaping. Plant herbs, vegetables, fruits and quick-growing colourful flowers and plants.
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Nov 2008
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ConnectABILITY recreation services
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Novita Children?s Services
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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.
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Nov 2008
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Exercise - check your pulse
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Your heart is a pump which pumps blood out around your body through your arteries. You can feel the blood pumping steadily where the arteries are close to your skin.
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Nov 2008
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Physical activity for children
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Exercise is good for growing children as well as for adults. It keeps muscles stronger, increases flexibility and makes them feel better as well as making it easier to maintain a healthy weight.
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Nov 2008
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Child development: 10-12 years
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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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
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Oct 2008
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Teenage girls - getting them active
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Better Health Channel
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Most girls drop their rate of physical activity once they reach adolescence. A teenage girl's level of physical activity has a direct influence on her weight and her future health. Parents can help their daughters to become more active and healthy.
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Sep 2008
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Media release. New safety guidelines for children and young people in sport
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The Australian Government has moved to make sport safer for young Australians with the launch by the Federal Minister for Sport, Kate Ellis, of new national guidelines to promote safety in sport and a national sport injury prevention program.
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Sep 2008
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