Life on Holidays: Fitness lost, fatness regained?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1143379

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

There’s recent evidence that children get leaner and fitter during the school term, but become fatter and less fit over the summer holidays. This may be because of differences in activity and diet: on holidays, children may eat more, be less active and have more screen time. We propose to track the time use, diet, fitness and fatness of 9-11 year old children across three school years. If the pattern is confirmed, we should focus more on the home environment, or perhaps encourage summer camps.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 01-01-2022

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $880,685.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Epidemiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

fitness | health behaviours | physical activity | sedentary behaviour | sleep

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