Aussie Childcare Network Forum

Children’s physical inactivity and engagement in sedentary behaviours such as screen time is associated with a number of negative health and lifestyle consequences including:

Unhealthy food intake and prompts to eat beyond satiety
Inactivity taking priority over times to be active
Insufficient energy expenditure
Displaced time for creative play
Social isolation
Compromised time in outdoor activit
Decreased opportunities for development of emotional intelligence (e.g. empathy, flexibility,
decision making, self-awareness and self-regulation)
Compromised musculoskeletal posture

Red: goforyourlife.vic.gov.au (no longer available)

Hope this helps,

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L.A