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Maintaining a healthy weight; Regular physical activity; Managing blood pressure; Managing cholesterol levels; Quit/ Avoid smoking [3]; Although there is no direct cure for Type 2 diabetes the Australian Government: Department of Health [4] has put in place guidelines to assure that children and adolescents receive the suggested period of time engaging in physical activity.
National Physical Activity Guidelines is government advice on moving to keep healthy. [1] In Australia they are a set of guidelines set up by the Australian government due to the increase of obesity within the Australian Nation, and due to the increasing medical bills from obesity related diseases such as Heart Disease, Congestive Heart Failure, Strokes and other deadly diseases.
A 2013 national study revealed that Indigenous children dedicate on average 6.6 hours to daily physical activity. This daily physical activity output is higher than the average Caucasian child. [14] However, for a nutritional lifestyle to be maintained dietary consumption must be in balance with physical activity.
DisabilityCare Australia; National Physical Activity Guidelines; National Alcohol Strategy 2006–2009; Healthdirect Australia – a government-funded service that provides access to health information, and listings of health services [40] Women's Healthy Ageing Project – the longest ongoing study of women's health in Australia (est. 1990) [41]
However, sedentary behaviours, are not simply "opposites" of physical activity, but instead suggests that they "displace time that would otherwise be used for physical activity". [19] Children and adolescents, are deemed most at risk for these sedentary behaviours with estimates for youth TV viewing being around "1.8 - 2.8 hours per day".
The findings actually line up well with current exercise guidelines in the U.S. The current Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans recommend that adults get at least 150 minutes of moderate ...
Children who reciprocate these physical health disadvantages tend to struggle to concentrate more in- school and find it harder to fit in, being marginalised due to the inability to partake in physical exercise. According to Dietitians Australia 25-50% of overweight or obese children with turn out to be obese as adults. [45]
Sedentary lifestyle is a lifestyle type, in which one is physically inactive and does little or no physical movement and/or exercise. [1] A person living a sedentary lifestyle is often sitting or lying down while engaged in an activity like socializing , watching TV , playing video games , reading or using a mobile phone or computer for much of ...