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Guidance recommends no screen time for under-twos

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The first ever World Health Organisation (WHO) physical activity guidelines for under-fives, recommend no screen time for one-year-olds and no more than an hour for two- to-four-year-olds.

They also advise that under-fives spend no more than an hour at a time restrained in a pram, high chair or strapped on a care giver's back.

Published today, the guidelines set out recommendations for physical activity, sedentary time – including screen time and sleep for under one-year-olds, one- to-two-year-olds and three- to-four-year-olds.

They have been developed in response to a request by the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity.

The recommendations on physical activitity echo that of the UK Physical Activity Guidelines from the Chief Medical Office, which are expected to be updated in September.

Additional resources and tools will be developed to support early childhood educators, carers and parents to help children achieve the recommendations.

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