Australian PA and SB guidelines

Question 1

PA for 0-5 years

Answer 1

for health development in infants (birth to 1 year) physical activity- particularly supervised floor based play in safe environment- should be encouraged from birth.
Toddlers (1-3 years) and preschoolers (3-5 years) should be physically active everyday for at least 3 hours, spread throughout the day.

Question 2

PA for children 5-12 years

Answer 2

for health benefits children should accumulate at least 60 mins of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity everyday.
children’s PA should include a variety of aerobic activities, including some vigorous intensity activity.
-on at least days per week, children should participate in activities which strengthen muscle and bone.
- to achieve additional health benefits, children should engage in more activity- up to several hours per day.

Question 3

PA for young people (13-17 years)

Answer 3

• should accumulate at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous PA everyday.
• should include a variety of aerobic activities, including some vigorous activities.
• at least 3 days per week young people should engage in activities which strengthen muscle and bone.
• to achieve additional health benefits, young people should engage in more activity, up to several hours per day.

Question 4

PA for Adults

Answer 4

• doing any PA is better than doing none.
• if you currently don’t participate in any PA, start by doing some, and gradually build up to the recommended amount.
• be active on most, preferably all days.
• Accumulate 150-300 minutes of moderate intensity activity, or 75-150 minutes of Vigorous activity. or an equivalent of combination of both moderate and vigorous activity, each week.
• do muscle strengthening activities at least 2 days per week.

Question 5

SB for young children (0-5 years)

Answer 5

• children younger than 2 should not spend anytime watching TV or using other electronic media devices.
• for children 2-5 , sitting and watching TV and other electronic media devices should be limited to less than 1 hour per day.
• all children should not be sedentarilly restrained , or kept inactive, for more than 1 hour at a time, with the exception of sleeping.

Question 6

SB for children (5-12 years) and young adults (13-17 years)

Answer 6

• limit use of electronic media for entertainment, to no more than 2 hours per day- lower levels associated with reduced health risks.
• break up long periods of sitting as much as possible

Question 7

SB for adults

Answer 7

minimize the amount of time spent in prolonged sitting.

Break up long periods of sitting as often as possible.