Evidence from high-quality health research around the world has shown that too much sedentary behaviour negatively affects many aspects of children’s wellbeing.
The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated this global challenge, and World Health Organization guidelines on sedentary behaviour call for more system-wide policies.
Regulatory interventions have the potential to act on sedentary behaviour more holistically, and since they do not depend on individuals’ participation and circumstances, they can maximise reach, sustainability and help reduce health inequality.
Most parents and carers are concerned about sedentary behaviour. Recently, I led an international team of health researchers to evaluate the world’s first multi-setting (digital, home and educational settings) regulation, introduced by the Chinese government to safeguard the wellbeing of its young people. The regulation limits:
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