INFANCY
Physical
Activity Supervision
An
infant's level of physical activity should be assessed as
part of health supervision visits. (For more information
on health supervision, see Bright
Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children,
and Adolescents, listed under Suggested
Reading in this chapter.)
Health professionals
can begin by gathering information about the infant's level
of physical activity. This can be accomplished by selectively
asking key interview questions listed
in this chapter, which provide a useful starting point for
identifying physical activity issues and concerns.
Health professionals
can then use this chapter's screening and
assessment guidelines, and counseling guidelines,
to provide families with anticipatory guidance. Interview
questions, screening and assessment, and counseling should
be used as appropriate and will vary from visit to visit,
infant to infant, and family to family.
Desired
outcomes for the infant, and the role of the family,
are identified to assist health professionals in promoting
physical activity.
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