Children face bone health timebomb with expert blaming lack of play and poor diet
Children spend three fewer hours a week playing outside than their parents did at the same age with a scorching summer and the lure of screens keeping them indoors, new research has found.
TL;DR
- Children play three fewer hours a week outdoors than their parents did.
- Nearly half of primary school-age children miss the recommended hour of daily activity.
- 36% of children consume fewer than two portions of calcium-rich food daily.
- Children spend an average of nine hours a week on devices versus seven hours playing outside.
- 58% of families spend less time outside this year due to heatwaves.
- Yoplait is urging the government to address bone health, supported by a petition and a protest playground installation.
- Experts warn of a 'bone health time bomb' due to low physical activity and poor nutrition.