Healthy eating and physical activity is essential for good health throughout life for everyone. It is vital for healthy growth and development, physical health, mental health, wellbeing and quality of life. In addition to health benefits, children and adolescents who eat a nutritious diet and participate in physical activity have improved cognitive development, attention span, classroom behaviour and attendance at school and preschool.
Research shows that childhood eating patterns continue into adulthood. So developing good eating habits early in life provides children with long term benefits.
Children who eat a nutritious diet and participate in regular physical activity are more likely to have:
- Improved concentration
- Better academic performance
- Good mental health
- A healthy body weight
- Good coordination
- Improved sleep
- Good social development
- Healthy heart and lungs
- Less constipation
- Strong bones, muscles and joints
Healthy children are less to become overweight or obese as adults and are less likely to develop diseases like some cancers, heart disease, diabetes as adults.
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