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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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Holidays
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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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.
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Jan 2010
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Tooth loss in children
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Better Health Channel
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Baby teeth (milk teeth) are important even though they eventually fall out. Baby teeth allow the child to chew food, and they reserve the spaces in gum tissue for future adult teeth. Knocked-out teeth can be saved if they are properly cared for.
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Dec 2009
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Accidents and injury - reducing the risks
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Better Health Channel
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The risk of serious or complex injuries (major physical trauma) can be minimised by simple measures. Risks can be reduced to avoid car accidents, falls, workplace accidents and sports injuries.
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Dec 2009
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Activities for younger children
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Raising Children Network (RCN)
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Activities for babies and young children can focus on fun and movement. Activity encourages physical strength, coordination and confidence, and children learn how to follow rules. Includes suggestions for unstructured activities.
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Dec 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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Nov 2009
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Fitness for all ages
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Raising Children Network (RCN)
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Physical activity is important for the whole family; discusses the benefits of being active and suggestions for fun activities for the whole family.
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Oct 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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