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24-hour movement guidelines – birth to 5 years – fact sheet

Being active is important for babies and young children to be healthy, and sets good habits for life. Read about how much activity small children should do each day, how sitting time and screen time should be avoided or limited, and how much sleep they should get.

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This fact sheet includes quick recommendations for physical activity, inactivity and screen time and sleep for:

babies
toddlers
pre-schoolers.

24-hour movement guidelines – birth to 5 years – fact sheet

24-hour movement guidelines – birth to 5 years – fact sheet [PDF - 303 KB] - 2 pages

24-hour movement guidelines – birth to 5 years – fact sheet [Word - 53 KB] - 2 pages

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Publication date:

November 2017

Publication type:

Fact sheet

Language:

English

Part of a collection:

Collection of physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines for all ages

Tags:

Physical activity and exercise

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24-hour movement guidelines – birth to 5 years – fact sheet

24-hour movement guidelines – birth to 5 years – fact sheet

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