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Recommendations
Preschool Children
Light, moderate, and vigorous physical activity for at
least 15 minutes per hour
Daily outdoor time
Combination of structured and unstructured physical
activity
Integrate physical activity into activities designed to
promote childrens cognitive and social development
Allow preschoolers to
move freely by
Limit use of
equipment that
restricts movement
Implement strategies
to limit the amount of
time preschoolers
spend sitting or
standing still
Potential Actions
Use cribs, car seats,
and high chairs for
their primary
purpose only.
Implement activities
that limit sitting or
standing to no more
than 30 minutes at a
time; and
Muscle
Bone
Be included on
Be included on at
at least 3 days
least 3 days of
of the week
the week
Physical Activity:
Examples
Aerobic
Muscle
Work all major
muscle groups
Vigorous-
(legs, hips,
jogging or
back,
running
abdomen,
Moderate-
chest,
brisk walking
shoulders, and
arms)
Muscle Strengthening
Works Cited
1. Active Children and Adolescents. (n.d.). Retrieved
February 3, 2015, from health.gov:
http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/guidelines/chapter3
.aspx
2. Early Childhood Obesity Prevention: Policies Goals,
Recommendations, and Potential Actions. (2011, June
11). Institute of Medicine.
3. 3) Educating the Student Body Taking Physical Activity
and Physical
Education to School. (2013).
National Academies.
4. 4) Physical Activity. (2014, November 25). Retrieved
January 29, 2015, from Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/
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