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Due to video games replacing physical activities, there appears to be a clear association between time spent playing video games and increased BMI in young children. [30] One such study produced data that indicated that boys who spend less than 1.5 hours on the television and playing video games, were 75.4% less likely to be overweight than ...
The policies grew out of a grassroots campaign championed by News Limited, [4] [5] in 2013. [6] It was boosted by parent activists representing children who had died of preventable disease, notably the families of Riley Hughes and Dana McCaffery, [4] infants who died of pertussis, leading to a backlash of harassment and trolling from anti-vaccination activists.
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Measles morbidity in Australia, 1991–2009. 1.7 million primary-school aged children vaccinated, representing 96% of children in this age group. [1] 800,000 pre-school children vaccinated. [1] 89 total adverse events (33% of which were fainting) representing 5.24 total adverse events per 100,000 doses. [1] Prevented an estimated 17,500 cases ...
In 2011, the South Korean government implemented a law, known as the Shutdown law or the Cinderella Law, which prohibits children under the age of 16 from playing online video games between the hours of 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. [145] Later on, the law was amended and now children under the age of 16 can play after midnight if they have ...
95.2% of the eligible Australian population aged 12+ are fully vaccinated 64.5% of the eligible Australian population aged 12+ are booster given Website Department of Health and Aged Care A poster released in March 2021, part of the Australian Government's COVID-19 vaccination rollout A poster from the government's vaccination campaign rolled out in July 2021, titled "Arm yourself against ...
Following the death of four-week-old Dana McCaffery from pertussis (whooping cough) in March 2009, and the subsequent government campaigns to improve pertussis immunisation, [104] the AVN launched a campaign against the pertussis vaccine, using the death of the child in the campaign materials, claiming that the she did not die from pertussis.
Proven cost-effective interventions can save the lives of millions of children per year. The UN Vaccine division as of 2014 supported 36% of the world's children in order to best improve their survival chances, yet still, low-cost immunization interventions do not reach 30 million children despite success in reducing polio, tetanus, and measles ...