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CANBERRA Uchenna Nwosu Jersey , Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Australians are becoming less fit and more fat.


That's the worrying conclusion of several Australian health experts, backed up by the Bureau of Statistics, who are increasingly concerned that the lifestyle once synonymous with Australia, fit, healthy and outdoors, is fast becoming a myth.


Mobile phones, iPads and other screen-based entertainment is being blamed for the worrying trend away from exercise and physical health.


The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures showed falling participation rates in all the major traditional sports Derwin James Jersey , including cricket, tennis and swimming.


And the Cancer Council last week revealed that 25 percent of young Australians, aged between seven and 18, were now overweight. A generation ago, in 1985, that figure was 9.95 percent.


Professor of Public Health at the University of Melbourne, Rob Moodie Joey Bosa Jersey , told Xinhua that rising levels of this "screen-based entertainment" and lower levels of physical activity have been creating a perfect storm for obesity over the last decade.


"Screen-based entertainment is so strong, so not only your iPhone, but your iPad, computer and television are all interconnected. People are increasingly living their lives off a screen," he said.


"It's in kids' rooms, it's interrupting sleep.


"It's tough, because it all happened at a time when we've got this combination of huge increases in screen-based entertainment at the same time as we have a huge increase of the advertisement of high energy Melvin Gordon Jersey , fatty, nutrient-poor food and drinks.


"It's all coming together at once, at the wrong time."


Australians under the age of 18 are now spending more than two hours each weekday watching TV or sitting behind a computer, while 82 percent of the same age group didn't engage in the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity per day.


Gary Niedorfer, a spokesman for the Australian Bureau of Statistics, told Xinhua that the most recent figures indicated that Australians were becoming less physically active than ever before.


"Sixty percent of Australians aged 15 years and over participated in sport and physical recreation in 2013-14, compared with 65 percent in 2011-12 Cheap Los Angeles Chargers Hats ," he said.


"That's a five percent drop in activity over that two-year period which is quite a significant drop."


"In 2005-06 it was 66 per cent, so it had been reasonably consistent until we had