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Informing urban planning and policy development to grow equitable access to healthy environments for young people and their families.

Physical activity is critical during the early years of life for a child’s health and development.

Play Active is a national, low-cost, evidence-based program to boost energetic play in early childhood education and care. It offers free professional development for educators.

With rising levels of physical and mental health issues, ensuring children establish good physical activity behaviours early in life is more important than ever.

The PLAYCE Cohort was established to investigate how movement behaviours change over early to late childhood, across key behaviour settings and relationships with health and development

Researcher at The Kids Child Physical Activity Health and Development Team

Researchers have identified 10 Australian shopping strips where the removal of on-street parking would transform the area’s liveability.

Researchers exploring the potential health benefits of pets have found children who regularly walk and play with a family dog are more active, have less screen time, and sleep more.

In Australia, there are concerns that unrestricted junk food advertising during sports broadcasts increases short-term junk food consumption among viewers. Therefore, the present study aimed to estimate the impact of junk food and anti-junk food advertising on consumption inclinations.

The prevalence estimates of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep (collectively known as movement behaviors) in 3- and 4-year-old children worldwide remains uncertain.