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The Totally
Active Foundation was established to research, design and implement
practical resources to encourage a sustainable increase in
activities and promote healthier nutritional
habits in children. The overwhelming need for these resources can
be summarised by the following two quotations:
"This will be the
first generation where children die before
their parents as a consequence of childhood obesity"
(U.K.
House of Commons Health Committee Report on obesity)
“For the first time we
have a generation with a shorter life
expectancy. They will not live longer than their
parents”
(Dr Tim
Gill Co Director NSW Centre for Public Health and
Nutrition)
The problem of childhood
obesity cannot be overstated.
Click here to read more about this alarming situation in
both Australia and overseas.
Our
approach
 Totally
Active has been designed based on the premise that:
Children
need to participate by desire not force
Children
need to change their attitude to exercise and nutrition, however,
the attitude of the providers, the content and delivery mechanism
needs to change first
Children need to see
activities as fun and achievable
Click here
to read more about our approach
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