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WHO Guidelines on Exercise for health

Key facts around physical exercise as presented by the World Health Organisation :

  • Physical activity has significant health benefits for hearts, bodies and minds

  • Physical activity contributes to preventing and managing noncommunicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes

  • Physical activity reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety

  • Physical activity enhances thinking, learning, and judgment skills

  • Physical activity ensures healthy growth and development in young people

  • Physical activity improves overall well-being

  • Globally, 1 in 4 adults do not meet the global recommended levels of physical activity

  • Up to 5 million deaths a year could be averted if the global population was more active

  • People who are insufficiently active have a 20% to 30% increased risk of death compared to people who are sufficiently active

  • More than 80% of the world's adolescent population is insufficiently physically active


World Health Organisation

Children

should be participating

in a minimum of

60 minutes

of physical activity

every day.


Having a playground that engages them can make getting those 60 minutes of exercise easier and more FUN!



WHO physical activity recommendations in a 24-hour day:

Infants (less than 1 year) should be physically active several times a day in a variety of ways, particularly through interactive floor-based play and should be unrestrained for more than 1 hour at a time (e.g., prams/strollers, high chairs, or strapped on a caregiver’s back)


Children 1-2 years of age should spend at least 180 minutes in a variety of types of physical activities at any intensity, including moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity, spread throughout the day; more is better.


Children 3-4 years of age should spend at least 180 minutes in a variety of types of physical activities at any intensity, of which at least 60 minutes is moderate to vigorous-intensity physical activity, spread throughout the day; more is better


Children and adolescents aged 5-17 years should do at least an average of 60 minutes per day of moderate-to-vigorous intensity, mostly aerobic, physical activity, across the week. should incorporate vigorous-intensity aerobic activities, as well as those that strengthen muscle and bone, at least 3 days a week.



WHO 2020 Guidelines on Physical Activity

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