Strategies for encouraging children to be physically active to improve health for life

Vaughan Cruickshank, Brendon Hyndman

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Abstract

Over recent decades, the importance of encouraging physical activity participation for both children and adults has emerged as a major international public health objective. The United Nations (Transforming our world: The 2030 agenda for sustainable development. http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/generalassembly/docs/globalcompact/A_RES_70_1_E.pdf, 2015) stated that people need to develop lifelong physical activity habits for the benefit of all of society. Physical activity is defined as “any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that results in energy expenditure”.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEducation and the UN sustainable development goals
Subtitle of host publicationPraxis within and beyond the classroom
EditorsKim Beasy, Caroline Smith, Jane Watson
Place of PublicationSingapore
PublisherSpringer
Chapter26
Pages473-489
Number of pages17
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9789819938025
ISBN (Print)9789819938018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2023

Publication series

NameEducation for Sustainability
ISSN (Print)2367-1769
ISSN (Electronic)2367-1777

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