Once a month, #AddisAbaba’s residents reclaim city streets for #CarFreeDay, becoming a role model for the region. Streets can be more than just a medium to move cars – they can be a place for #people, too. ow.ly/hWYU50uSQ1l

Tomorrow, July 7, 2019, we will get together for the 8th round National #CarFreeDay. Join us with your children, friends & families to Exercise 🤸🏽‍♀️ Walk🚶🏽‍♀️Run 🏃🏽‍♀️ Bike 🚴🏽‍♀️ Skate 🏂 together. I -Care for #NCD I- Care for #AirPollution

Successful 8th round #CarFreeDay 🚘 🚫- thanks to the organizers & participant of the event in #AddisAbaba & many cities in the country. @WMCETHIOPIA Together for a #HealthyCitizen & #PollutionFree 🇪🇹

Please join us in congratulating to Silvia A Gonzalez and all the Colombia's Report Card working group for the public release of their 2018-2019 Report Card on #PhysicalActivity for #children and #youth!

We need proper regulation around the marketing and availability of sugary drinks to protect people and promote healthier options. bit.ly/2G26aeX bit.ly/2XTMK5X @janemartinopc The BMJ Australian Science Media Centre sarahboseley The Guardian

"Only 49% of parents aware that #PhysicalActivity can build children’s self-confidence" survey from @Change4Life Disney UK bit.ly/2Jq3Ctc

New research published in the Pediatric Obesity journal by Early Start researchers including Zhiguang Zhang shows longer total sleep time may protect toddlers from increasing adiposity but longer nap duration may be risk factor. ift.tt/2YMJ2IJ

New article in this month's Journal of Physical Activity & Health 'Epidemiological Transition in Physical Activity and Sedentary Time in Children' published by #ISPAH members Estelle Lambert, Mark Tremblay & colleagues!

Really intrigued to see what this has to offer and how teachers and others will be supported in #CreatingActiveSchools gov.uk/government/new…

Sport leaders call for more cash to boost children’s exercise theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/j…

Congratulations #lakelandcsd. What a great outcome to promote #inclusiveactivity for children. #activeplay. Funding Secured for Lakeland Special Needs Playground theexaminernews.com/funding-secure…

Learning ☀️ Play✨ Smiles 😄 #ForEveryChild, 💙

The intent of this article is good but remember, children are not little adults-the aim should not be to "keep them active for an hour". Its about making physical activity part of everyday life, through play, walking/cycling, games, & sport telegraph.co.uk/family/life/25… via The Telegraph

China plans to increase #exercise opportunities in schools so young people have more #PhysicalActivity. At the moment only 11% students in #China get 1 hour exercise a day recommended by World Health Organization (WHO). china.org.cn/china/2019-07/…

Kids should play outside more farmersvilletimes.com/2019/08/02/kid…

Many thanks to UNICEF for active support for governments and partners to #BeatNCDs. As a member of @UN Task Force #NCDs Fund integrates prevention in maternal, newborn and child #health programmes and supports #NCD prevention services in education. unicef.org/health/non-com…

Kids learn valuable life skills through rough-and-tumble play with their dads theconversation.com/kids-learn-val… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

The #BeatNCDs investment case developed by @UN Task Force #NCDs just launched in #Ethiopia. National economy loses 1.8% GDP annually due to #NCDs. #Tobacco control measures are least expensive and most cost effective with 3$ return on each 1$ invested. World Health Organization (WHO) UN Development WHO African Region #enoughNCDs

Minister of health #Ethiopia Amir Aman, MD says “focusing on #cvd and #diabetes clinical interventions, #tobacco and #alcohol control, #PhysicalActivity and #salt reduction we can avert 1.4 million deaths and save 62.1 billion ETB.” at the launch of @UN Task Force #NCDs investment case in Addis.

New pub alert: Correlates of physical activity among 142,118 adolescents aged 12–15 years from 48 low- and middle-income countries. Congrats to @DavyVancampfort and team for this paper recently published in Preventive Medicine. Available open access at sciencedirect.com/science/articl…