Physical activityHealthGuidelinesBehavioural epidemiologyBehavioural medicineAustralia has a proud history in physical activity and is known for its love of, and success in, sport. It is also sometimes perceived to be a physically active country yet statistics show similar troubling trends of inactivity ...
Declining trends in adult physical activity in Australia? An alternative viewdoi:10.1111/1753-6405.12756Lincoln, DougClemens, SusanRoselli, TimBright, MargaretAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
physical activity in australiaThe chart shows the percentage of Australian doing regular exercise in different ages.Through the chart, we can clearly see that women have higher percentage after the age of 24, and men have the highest percentage in 15 to 24. The curves formed by the different ...
The 'freshman 15' phenomenon reported a 15 pound weight gain (6.8 kg) in US college students during their first year of study. It is unknown whether these findings apply to nursing students in Australia. Aim To explore health behaviours and potential weight change of nursing students during ...
This page contains Australia’s Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines including links to brochures, a summary fact sheet for each of the guidelines, tips and ideas for how to be physically active, as well as evidence review reports. DOI: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/...
This prospective cohort study evaluates the dose-response association of device-measured daily vigorous intermittent physical activity with incident
Children’s activity patterns in the periods before and after school make a key contribution to achieving 24-h movement guidelines. There are currently no national-level guidelines informing physical activity and screen time practices in Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) programs anywhere in the world...
IELTS Writing Task 1: physical activityThe bar chart below shows the percentage of Australian men and women in different age groups who did regular physical activity in 2010The bar chart illustrates the proportion of men and women in six age groups in Australia in terms of physical activity they...
Global population data suggest that physical activity levels in children remain unacceptably low. Improved participation in organised sport has been recommended by the WHO as one strategy to improve population levels of physical activity. In 2018, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, the gove...
Participation in organised youth sports (OYS) has been recommended as an opportunity to increase young peoples’ moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) levels. Participants, however, spend a considerable proportion of time during OYS inactive. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to inve...