exercise

EXERCISE

WHY?

Why should we exercise?

Helps prevent cardiovascular disease Helps prevent obesity Helps prevent osteoporosis Reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes and

some cancers Makes us feel good!

How much should we exercise? Adults should exercise for 30 minutes

every day Teenagers (12-18) should be active for

60 minutes per day Children (5-12) should be active for at

least 60 minutes per day Children under 5 should be active for 3

hours per day These are minimum recommendations!

VELS

Standards and Learning Focus for Health and Physical Education

http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vels/hpe.html

Why don’t people do as much exercise as we should?

Too much screen time

Why don’t Australians do as much exercise as we should?

‘Screen time’ stats – Nielsen survey 2009 showed children aged 5-11 watched 28 hours of TV/week!

Overdependence on cars Inactive parents often = inactive kids Laziness ‘Too busy’

Exercise

While it’s no big deal to most people

It can be a big deal to others...

P.E.? NOOOOOOOO!!!

Why don’t our students like exercise?

They might not know the rules of a game They might have poor basic skills at running,

catching and throwing Their parents and friends might not play sport They might have had bad experiences in the

past Fear of looking silly/being mocked/feeling

incompetent Embarrassment about sporting gear like bathers

or shorts Lack of energy due to low level of fitness

How can we get children and adolescents exercising?

Activity

Some examples

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvQ7YQcuX50&feature=related

http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=286&id=2399

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Anna and Catherine for their suggestions about today's activity.

References

Go for your life website http://www.goforyourlife.vic.gov.au/ (being phased out after 30th June 2011)

Better Health Channel http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/ Replaces ‘Go for your life’

School based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6-18 http://www2.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab007651.html

Kids’ Health – I’m no good at sport http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=286&id=2399

References

Kids’ Health – Exercise http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=285&id=1448

Childrens Hospital at Westmead – How to get the kids to be more active http://www.chw.edu.au/parents/factsheets/getting_kids_to_be_more_active.htm

Better Health Channel: Teenage girls – getting them active http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Teenage_girls_getting_them_active

Better Health Channel: Sport and children http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Sport_and_children