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SUMMARY:“Standing up” for young children’s health: How sedentary are
  young children\, what factors may influence sedentariness and what can be
  done to reduce it? - Prof Tony Okely\, Associate Professor in the Faculty
  of Education and Director of the Interdisciplinary Educational Research I
 nstitute (IERI)\, University of Wollongong\, Australia
DTSTART:20150629T093000Z
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CONTACT:Signe Wulund
DESCRIPTION:Young children spend a large proportion of their day in sedent
 ary behaviour. This may not be good for their physical\, social\, emotiona
 l\, and cognitive development. If ways can be found to promote less sedent
 ariness (i.e.\, sitting) and more standing and light-intensity physical ac
 tivity this may help young children to be more active\, enhance their self
 -regulation and\, ultimately\, their school readiness. Higher levels of sc
 hool readiness have been associated with greater educational and economic 
 outcomes later in life. Promoting less sitting\, especially in early child
 hood education and care settings would involve making some key changes to 
 the physical environment and to policies and practices such as replacing c
 hairs with standing desks\, allowing children to move more freely during a
 nd between activities\, integrating movement into other learning areas (su
 ch as literacy and numeracy)\, and breaking up sitting time with energy br
 eaks. This presentation will describe the prevalence of sitting\, its link
 s with health and development\, correlates of sitting behaviour\, and ways
  to reduce sitting time in the early years of life.
LOCATION:IMS Level 4 seminar rooms 1-2\, Institute of Metabolic Sciences\,
  Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre
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