New research reveals that parents' tolerance of risk and injury is a determining factor in how physically active their children are. In a world-first study looking at children's physical activity behaviours and their parents' attitudes towards risk and injury, more than three-quarters of parents expressed a low tolerance for adventurous play. Alethea Jerebine, a PhD candidate at Deakin University's School of Health and Social Development, and Coventry University's Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences in the UK, said the results could help explain why Australian children aren't as physically active as they need to be.

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