Physical activity across the life stages

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Release Date: 20 Jul 2018

Topic: Physical activity

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) Physical activity across the life stages, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 26 April 2024.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Physical activity across the life stages. Canberra: AIHW.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Physical activity across the life stages. AIHW, 2018.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Physical activity across the life stages. Canberra: AIHW; 2018.

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This report presents information on the physical activity and sedentary participation rate of Australians across the life stages, reported against Australia’s Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines. According to the most recent available data, 30% of children aged 2–17 and 44% of adults aged 18 and over met the physical activity guidelines. Most children exceeded the recommended amount of sedentary screen-based activity time, while the amount of time spent sitting at leisure increased in adults as aged increased.

ISBN: 978-1-76054-396-9
Cat. no: PHE 225
Pages: 72

Findings from this report:

30% of children aged 2–17 and 44% of adults aged 18 and over met the physical activity guideline
More Indigenous children aged 5–17 met the physical activity guideline than non-Indigenous children aged 5–17
48% of adults aged 18–64 met the physical activity guideline and 24% met the strength-based activity guideline
1 in 4 (25%) adults aged 65 and over did 30 minutes of physical activity on 5 or more days

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16 Jul 2019 - The following changes were made to the PDF:

On page vii of the Summary, under the subheading ‘Participation rates varies across socioeconomic groups, particularly among adults’ the following was updated as the numbers did not reflect the data presented later in the report:
‘46% of Australian aged 65 and over in the highest socioeconomic group, compared with 28% in the lowest socioeconomic group’ to ‘31% of Australians aged 65 and over in the highest socioeconomic group, compared with 19% in the lowest socioeconomic group’.

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