Thread by @WHO

#Children under five must:

📺📱spend LESS time sitting watching screens
💺 spend LESS time restrained in prams and seats
🛌🏽 get better quality sleep
🧸⚽️play more interactively

if they are to grow up healthy: new WHO guidelines bit.ly/2ICRzcT

Improving physical activity ⚽️
reducing sedentary time📱📺
ensuring quality sleep 🛌🏽

in young #children 🧒🏽👧🏾 will improve their physical, mental health and wellbeing, and help prevent childhood obesity and associated diseases later in life bit.ly/2ICRzcT

Quality sedentary time young #children spent in interactive non-screen-based activities with a caregiver, such as reading, storytelling, singing and puzzles, is very important for child development.

Infants (less than 1 year) should be physically active several times a day in a variety of ways, particularly through interactive floor-based play; more is better - including at least 30 minutes tummy time spread throughout the day while awake bit.ly/2ICRzcT

Infants 👶🏽 should be not be restrained for more than 1 hour at a time (e.g. prams/strollers, high chairs, or strapped on a caregiver’s back).
Screen time 📺📱💻 is not recommended.
When sedentary, engaging in reading and storytelling with a caregiver is encouraged 📚

Infants 👶🏼👶🏾👶🏿 should have:

🛌🏽14–17 hours (0–3 months of age)
🛌🏽12–16 hours (4–11 months of age)

of good quality sleep, including naps bit.ly/2ICRzcT

#Children between 1-2 years old should spend at least 180 minutes in a variety of types of physical activities at any intensity, including moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity, spread throughout the day; more is better bit.ly/2ICRzcT

For 1-year-olds, sedentary screen time (such as watching 📺📱 or 🎞️, playing computer games) is NOT recommended.

For those aged 2 years, sedentary screen time 📺📱should be no more than 1 hour; less is better bit.ly/2ICRzcT

#Children of 1-2 years should have 11-14 hours of good quality sleep, including naps, with regular sleep and wake-up times 🛌🏽 bit.ly/2ICRzcT

#Children 3-4 years of age should spend at least 180 minutes in a variety of types of physical activities at any intensity ⚽️🏃🏽‍♂️👯‍♀️, of which at least 60 minutes is moderate- to vigorous intensity physical activity, spread throughout the day; more is better bit.ly/2ICRzcT

Children 3-4 years of age should:
Not be restrained for more than 1 hour at a time (e.g., prams/strollers) or sit for extended periods of time.
Sedentary screen time 📺📱should be no more than 1 hour; less is better.
Engage in reading and storytelling with a caregiver instead 📚

#Children 3-4 years of age should have 10–13 hours of good quality sleep, which may include a nap, with regular sleep and wake-up times bit.ly/2ICRzcT