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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Climbing a tree, tobogganing or rough-and-tumble play are all outdoor activities that children should be encouraged to do to promote health, Canadian pediatricians say in new guidance.

New recommendations released Thursday by the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) emphasize the importance of unstructured outdoor play for children's development and physical and mental health amid rising obesity, anxiety and behavioural issues.

As an emergency physician at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and head of the CPS's injury prevention committee, Beno said it's also important to distinguish risk from hazard.

While hazards like busy roads or rough waters are clear, others such as being around fire or play fighting are more nuanced, the authors said.

Dr. April Kam, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at McMaster University in Hamilton, said it's healthier for kids to play outside to build resilience, develop their abilities and learn what their limits are through natural consequences.

Psychologist Kathleen Martin Ginis, a professor in the department of medicine at the University of British Columbia who wasn't involved in the new guidelines, called them balanced overall.


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