A healthy life and proper habit formation require an adequate distribution of overall daily activities, which can be viewed as a time of physical activity (of light, moderate or vigorous intensity), sleep and time that a child spends sitting (sedentary time).
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It is not easy to plan daily activities for a child of this age. They are determined not only by age but also by the individual needs of each child. Well-adjusted time for: physical activities, sedentary time (meals, driving in a car, in a stroller...) and time spent in sleep can significantly affect the improvement of a child's health outcomes.
Children in the 2nd year of life
- A child of this age should spend at least 180 minutes throughout the day in a variety of types of physical activities, including moderate to vigorous-intensity physical activity.
- The position of relative rest in a stroller, high chair, child car seat or carrier should not last longer than 1 hour.
- Exposure to devices with a screen is not recommended until the end of the second year, when screen time should be no more than 1 hour with frequent breaks and your mandatory presence.
- You are your child's most important teacher, but don't forget that exposing your child to these devices can affect how he or she feels and behaves, what he or she learns and thinks.
- The child needs good quality sleep. You will adjust putting your child to sleep to his/her needs, keeping in mind that the approximate needs for daytime and nighttime sleep are from 11 to 14 hours a day
Light-intensity physical activity includes activities during which a child uses 1.5 to 4.0 times more energy than at rest: bathing, slow walking, other incidental activities; they do not result in the child getting hot.
Moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity includes activities where a child uses 4–7 times more energy than at rest: brisk walking, cycling, running and playing ball games, jumping, swimming, dancing etc; during which the child gets hot and breathless.
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