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Presents selected results from the 2006 Time Use Survey collected from people aged 15 years and over

This chapter explores who children in the LSAC K cohort spent their time with at ages 10-11, 12-13 and 14-15, based on children's self-reported time use diaries. These time use patterns are examined for boys and girls by age.

To influence adolescent health, a greater understanding of time use and covariates such as gender is required. Purpose: To explore gender-specific time use patterns in Australian adolescents using high-resolution time use data. Method: This study analyzed 24-hour recall time use data collected as part of the 2007 Australian National Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey (n = 2,200). Univariate analyses to determine gender differences in time use were conducted. Results: Boys spent more (p less than 0.0001) time participating in screen-based (17.7 % vs. 14.2% daily time) and physical activities (10.7% vs. 9.2%). Girls spent more (p less than 0.0001) time being social (4.7% vs. 3.4% daily time), studying (2.0% vs. 1.7%), and doing household chores (4.7% vs. 3.4%). Conclusions: There are gender-specific differences in time use behavior among Australian adolescents. The results reinforce existing time use gender-based stereotypes. Implications: The gender-specific time use behaviors offer intervention design possibilities. (Contains 2 tables.)

The way an individual uses one's time can greatly affect his or her health. The purpose of this article was to examine the cross-sectional cross-elasticity relationships for use of time domains in a sample of Australian adolescents.

The aim of this study was to describe objectively and subjectively measured patterns of physical activity and sedentary behaviours across remoteness categories in a representative sample of 9–16 year old Australians.

Australia's youth: Nutrition; statistics

The article focuses on the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study which reveals on the food and drinks consumption among teenagers in Australia. Topics include the statistics as how do teenagers meet the Australian Dietary Guidelines (ADG), the several food they take for breakfast as well as the consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SWB), and the various implication of diet on the various condition of teenagers including academic performance and bone and mental health.

The most recent survey of Australian children and teenagers paints a grim picture with the following findings.....

Good nutrition and a 'healthy food environment' are vital for development and the creation of healthy habits to set young people up for a healthy life, explains Senior Lecturer (Human Nutrition), Dr Anita Lawrence in this bite-sized lecture.

This study aimed to evaluate the food intake patterns of adolescents with respect to the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating, and to examine variations in food intake patterns by age, gender and region of residence.

Australian food culture has seen significant changes in recent decades as a result of dramatic lifestyle, workplace, technological, economic and societal changes. Many of these changes have negatively impacted our food choices and food behaviours and are associated with poor quality diets and weight gain. Concerns around the rates of overweight and obesity in Australia, in particular amongst children have potentially over time impacted the narrative around healthy eating.

More than one-third of Australians’ energy intake comes from junk foods. Known as discretionary foods, these include biscuits, chips, ice-cream and alcohol. For those aged 51-70, alcoholic drinks account for more than one-fifth of discretionary food intake.

Dietaryintakeduringadolescencecontributes to lifelong eating habits and the development of early risk factors for disease in adulthood. Few studies have examined the dietary patterns of adolescents and the social and environmental factors that may affect them during this life stage. The present study describes dietary patterns in a cohort of adolescents and examines their associations with socioeconomic factors, as well as parental and adolescent risk factor behaviours.

Her efforts to sow the seed of healthy food habits into classrooms resulted in Alexander being appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2014.

Today, more than 1500 schools have adopted the program across Australia, including more than 50 in Queensland.