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What are the latest guidelines and opinion when it comes to physical activity? Meredith Jones Russell reports

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released physical activity guidelines for children under five, providing recommendations for the amount of time they should spend being physically active or sleeping each day, as well as the maximum time advisable in front of screens.

The guidelines are the first of their kind for the age group, as the WHO’s Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health, published in 2010, made no mention of children under five. The guidelines will be updated after ten years, while the UK physical activity guidelines are expected to be updated by the Chief Medical Office in September this year.

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