With Australia’s mass immigration policy forcing people to live in high density apartments rather than traditional houses, a new study by the University of Queensland has found that the loss of backyards is harming children’s health:
The steadily shrinking backyard in Australia could be having an effect on how much exercise children get, new research suggests…
“What stood out to us was that the batters tended to have smaller yards than the other groups of kids,” Dr Moss said.