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Munch & Move: Evidence and Evaluation Summary
Content 1
Summary
Childhood obesity is one of the most important
public health issues facing Australia, with
a
pproximately 23% of 2-3 year olds and 21% of
4-5 year olds being overweight or obese.
Early childhood is an important period to
establish healthy eating and physical activity
behaviours, and accordingly provides a
critical time to implement obesity prevention
initiatives. Evidence not only highlights the
importance of early intervention at this time but
a
lso the willingness of early childhood services
to implement obesity prevention programs.
Centre-based early childhood services are
important settings for promotion of healthy
e
ating and physical activity and the prevention
of unhealthy weight gain; and research
suggests that obesity prevention interventions
can produce significant changes in children’s
unhealthy food intake, physical activity skills
Content 2
File Link:
Munch & Move Evaluation Summary
File Size:
1513 kb
Type:
Booklet
Date of Publication:
31 December 2015
Author:
Centre for Population Health
ISBN:
978-1-76000-302-9
SHPN:
(CPH) 150528