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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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Body image - tips for parents
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Better Health Channel
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Children can have poor body image. Parents can do many things to foster positive body image, confidence and self-esteem in their children.
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Sep 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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Sep 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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Aug 2009
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Treadmill safety
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Over the last 3 years more than 100 serious accidents associated with treadmills have occurred in Australian homes.
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Jul 2009
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Managing your feelings
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Did you know you can manage the way you feel? Chemicals going into your brain can change the way you feel? There are different kinds of chemicals. Some are the 'feel bad' kind but there are others that can make you feel good and happy.
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Jun 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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Jun 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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Jun 2009
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Cheating - at sport and games
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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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.
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Jun 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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Jun 2009
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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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Jun 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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Jun 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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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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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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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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