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How much physical activity should teenagers do, and how can they get enough?

  • Written by: Vaughan Cruickshank, Program Director – Health and Physical Education, Maths/Science, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania
How much physical activity should teenagers do, and how can they get enough?Teenagers should try to include a combination of aerobic activities (swimming or walking), strength training (sit ups or weight training) and flexibility training (yoga or stretching).www.shutterstock.com

Many teenagers spend a lot of time being sedentary (sitting or lying down) at school or work, when travelling and during their free time. Modern...

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The off-topic Conversation #171

  • Written by: Debbie Dickinson, Head of communication and engagement, The Conversation

Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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ADHD prescriptions are going up, but that doesn't mean we're over-medicating

  • Written by: Daryl Efron, Associate Professor, Royal Children's Hospital
ADHD prescriptions are going up, but that doesn't mean we're over-medicatingAround 5% of children are diagnosed with ADHD.Annie Spratt/Unsplash

The rate of medications dispensed for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children aged 17 and under increased by 30% between 2013-14 and 2016-17.

The Australian Atlas for Healthcare Variation, released today, shows around 14,000 prescriptions were dispensed per...

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Huawei executive's arrest will further test an already shaky US-China relationship

  • Written by: Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
Huawei executive's arrest will further test an already shaky US-China relationshipHuawei executive Meng Wanzhou's extradition to the US is being sought, and carries highly charged politics with it.wikiglobals.com

When US Vice President Mike Pence got to his feet at the conservative Hudson Institute in Washington on October 4, it was clear that US-China relations were entering a new, certainly fractious, possibly destructive...

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  2. How physical activity in Australian schools can help prevent depression in young people
  3. Cities can grow without wrecking reefs and oceans. Here's how
  4. Recovered Aboriginal songs offer clues to 19th century mystery of the shipwrecked 'white woman'
  5. As Indigenous incarceration rates keep rising, justice reinvestment offers a solution
  6. Australia is still listening to Voyager 2 as NASA confirms the probe is now in interstellar space
  7. did more people buy their seventh home than bought their first home last year?
  8. How low will Bitcoin now go? The history of price bubbles provides some clues
  9. Going travelling? Don't forget insurance (and to read the fine print)
  10. Where do dreams come from?
  11. should I lie to my children about Santa?
  12. Grey nomad lifestyle provides a model for living remotely
  13. Human rights in 2018 – ten issues that made headlines
  14. How researchers assess whether medications work
  15. the power of a symbol
  16. The government can restrain electricity prices without threatening to break up power companies. Its adviser says so
  17. forest giants house thousands of animals (so why do we keep cutting them down?)
  18. The government's encryption laws finally passed despite concerns over security
  19. Michelle Grattan on a chaotic final week of parliament for 2018
  20. The problems with small satellites – and what Australia's Space Agency can do to help
  21. Five ways to reduce the risk of stillbirth
  22. The best thing about the new Oz horror film The School is its poster
  23. how working parents manage school holidays and their jobs
  24. Sexual subcultures are collateral damage in Tumblr’s ban on adult content
  25. Australians love their sport, but investing in new venues is another matter
  26. love hurts – on a life of sports fandom
  27. Men get postnatal depression too, and as the mother's main support, they need help
  28. Darwin port's sale is a blueprint for China's future economic expansion
  29. 35 extraordinary years. What the float of Australian dollar bought us
  30. Are the tech giants taking over as your city leaders?
  31. Remembering Pearl Harbor and America's entry into the theatre of war
  32. Perth's brief abalone season is a time of delicacies and danger
  33. Hokey-pokey politics as the government is shaken all about
  34. Infant formula companies are behind the guidelines on milk allergy, and their sales are soaring
  35. George Bush Sr could have got in on the ground floor of climate action – history would have thanked him
  36. Covering Trump, funding news and the rise of impunity. The Guardian's Kath Viner on the big media stories of 2018
  37. Voters are crying out for better government but have mixed views on how to achieve it
  38. Thanks for the $2 billion for small-business expansion; now all we need are plans to expand
  39. Student protests show Australian education does get some things right
  40. Mythmaking, social media and the truth about Leonard Cohen's last letter to Marianne Ihlen
  41. Will Hayne blink? The problems with banks demand tough measures that neither they nor their regulators want
  42. Protecting our digital heritage in the age of cyber threats
  43. renewables reduce energy prices (yes, even in South Australia)
  44. Carbon emissions will reach 37 billion tonnes in 2018, a record high
  45. How sport can tackle violence against women and girls
  46. Explainer: what does 'gaslighting' mean?
  47. I'm having surgery in a public hospital. Will a junior doctor operate on me?
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