National Physical Activity Recommendations

Get up & Grow: healthy eating and physical activity for early childhood, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing 2009

Babies from birth- 1 year should:

  • Be encouraged to be physically active from birth.
  • Not be inactive for more than one hour at a time except for sleeping.
  • Not spend any time watching television or using other electronic media (DVD's, computer and other electronic games).

Children aged 1-2 years should:

  • Be physically active every day for at least three hours, spread throughout the day.
  • Not be sedentary for more than one hour at a time except for sleeping.
  • Not spend any time watching television or using other electronic media (DVD's, computer and other electronic games).

Children aged 2-3 and 3-5 years should:

  • Be physically active for three hours spread throughout the day.
  • Not be sedentary for more than one hour at a time except for sleeping.
  • Be limited in their watching of television and use of other electronic media (DVD's, computer and other electronic games) to less than one hour a day.

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