physical activity Tag

Increasing the amount of time schools devote to physical education each week could dramatically reduce the number of children who are doing only minimal levels of exercise, researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington and Sport New Zealand have found.Increasing PE time at school to...

Research published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity investigated longitudinal changes and tracking of total volume and accumulation patterns of physical activity and sedentary time across three timepoints from early to late childhood among boys and girls living in Australia.The research found...

A new community bike-sharing scheme, ‘Free Ride’, has recently launched in Lower Hutt, Wellington.The brightly branded and geo-tracked Free Ride bikes are available to use at special bike racks outside the Naenae Clubhouse and Naenae Library for anyone to take and borrow to get around the city, returning...