Play, Physical Activity and Public Health: The Reframing of Children's Leisure Lives

by Caroline Fusco, Stephanie A. Alexander, Katherine L Frohlich, et al.

Are children playing less than they used to? Are rising obesity rates linked to a decline in children's time to play freely? These and other related questions have filled the pages of newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals for the past decade. Researchers and journalists have attributed these issues to societal changes around children's lives and leisure, the growth of structured and organised activities and increasing perceptions of risk...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367896265
• ISBN13: 9780367896263
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"