Exclusive: A top paediatric surgeon has given the green light to kids riding e-bikes but warns e-scooters are a "huge issue".

Professor Roy Kimble, who is the director of burns, trauma and paediatric surgery at the Queensland Children's Hospital, said he'd much rather see kids riding safely on legal e-bikes than being chauffeured around by mum and dad.

"I think cycling is something that kids should do because we don't want them just getting into mum and dad's car and being driven to school every day and picked up and come home, sit by the computer and just veg," he told 9news.com.au.

"E-bikes are exactly the same as other bikes, except you don't have to be super fit to be on them, it's just an assist from pedalling.

"We don't want a cotton wool society, we want our kids to be active

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