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Free Weekly 20 - 21 October 2012
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Tom Price Fun Run winners By Melissa May The Annual Rio Tinto Fun Run took place last weekend with 42 participants running out from the Vic Hayton Memorial Pool for a 5-kilometre or 10-kilometre course. This year the event also included a lap-a-thon on the Clem Thompson Oval for the younger running enthusiasts. Temperatures were hot with it hitting 39.4 degrees early in the day. The event ran smoothly and massive thanks go to all people who volunteered their services for the day. These volunteers are the reason we can run these events. It was great to see some of the young kids out and about on the oval event. All kids walked away winners and it was awesome to see the smiles on their faces. Thanks to the shire and all people
who helped out with the preparation and running of the event. Also particular thanks to the pool who hosted the event and assisted in the preparation and running of the day as well. The events sponsors, Rio Tinto, The Shire of Ashburton and Bodyline Gymnasium all made the event the success it was and we are already looking at improvements for next year. The Shire of Ashburton hosted a breakfast barbecue for participants at the pool on completion of the course.
Category winners as follows: 5km Junior Male – Cameron Wallace 5km Junior Female – Tenika English 5km - Open Male - JJ Vilioen 5km - Open Female - Beth Rogers 10km - Open Male - Ben Bickley 10km - Open Female - Kylie English.
Kids encouraged to Stand Up for their health and be active Children and adolescents are accumulating up to eight hours of sitting on a daily basis, research to be presented by Dr Dale Esliger from Loughborough University has found that children accumulate 4.5 hours of sedentary time each day between the ages of three to six years, after which there is a reasonably steady increase through to 18 years of age. By age 10 children are accumulating six hours a day, and by the time they reach age 17-18 they are at nearly eight hours. The increase in sedentary time is steepest between the ages of 11-13 years. “Methods of counteracting the incline need to be developed, based upon an improved understanding of this phenomenon and its cause,” said Dr Esliger. Overcoming children’s sedentary levels will be a focus of the be active 2012 conference, with numerous presentations looking at how to reduce sitting and inactivity within the home and school settings. Dr Andrew Atkin from the UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research said there are many factors at home and in
• Junior winners of the lap-a-thon
• All puffed out at the Vic Hayton Memorial Pool
Dr Amanda Staiano from Pennington Biomedical Research Center said having a television in the bedroom was associated with 2.7 greater odds of elevated cardiometabolic risk among youth.
the family that can influence sedentary time. “We found that the home setting is an important sphere of influence on changes in the sedentary behaviour of children,” said Dr Atkin. “For example, children of different social class have different sedentary time patterns. “Parental rules and their own sedentary behaviour habits can also be influential. “Intervention strategies that aim to reduce parent’s weekend screen-time, increase family participation in sports and recreation (for boys) and promote freedom to play outside (for girls) may contribute towards preventing the increase in sedentary time as children get older,” said Dr Atkin. Further research to be presented highlights that health promotion interventions should promote strategies to limit electronic media equipment in the home including in children’s bedrooms. TV limiting devices and active video games show some promise for decreasing sedentary screen time and increasing children’s activity at home.
“Television in the bedroom and watching more than two hours a day is associated with greater odds of elevated waist circumference. Reduced television viewing could protect our youth,” said Dr Staiano. Another way to encourage physical activity is by parents playing a key role in providing physical activity opportunities for their children, as well as adopting attitudes, parenting practices and behaviours that influence physical activity behaviours. “The importance of the family in influencing the physical activity behaviours of children is well established,” said Adam Lloyd from the Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids project. “Emerging evidence has highlighted the importance of fathers as role models and facilitators of physical activity for their children. “At the be active 2012 conference our findings will show that targeting and improving a father’s physical activity-related parenting practice may be a promising strategy to improve children’s physical activity levels.”
Professor Leon Straker from Curtin University said the school setting also presents as an opportunity to reduce sedentariness and enhance physical activity, yet concerns have been realised that children may be more sedentary at school. “Within our study, children were more sedentary when at school, suggesting we are not teaching children good life habits,” said Professor Straker. Associate Professor Erica Hinckson from Auckland University of Technology says redesigning the school environment may encourage children to move more.
“Findings indicate that the current style of teaching will accommodate a redesign of the classroom environment to increase movement in children,” said Dr Hinckson. “While some concerns were expressed regarding the incorporation of standing desks and swiss balls, teachers and principals were willing to try new approaches.” Through children becoming less sedentary, better health amongst our children will certainly be achieved.
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