4 Chronic health conditions
A chronic health condition is one that is ongoing, lasting for three months or more. Figure 2 shows some of the most common chronic conditions that affect children in high income countries such as the UK.
The following sections explore some of the reasons why these three conditions can affect children’s growth and development as well as impacting on their ability to take part in physical activity.
Very importantly, at the end of this week in the Further reading and resources section, there are links to information that will increase your knowledge about these conditions. Increasing your knowledge helps you to be confident in working with parents to support their children’s physical activity.