Are we making it too easy for children to be sedentary rather than active? How can we interpret the federal Department for Health physical activity and sedentary living guidelines and encourage parents, caregivers, and teachers to ensure that our young Australians have ample opportunity to be active, to develop their fundamental movement skills, to build their muscle and bone strength and learn what their body can do?

Professor Beth Hands outlines the Play 5 concept that the University of Notre Dame has developed and successfully evaluated with young children and families, which found that young children could take responsibility for their own activity level - and thereby be sufficiently active.