Physical Health

Did You Know...

In their 2012 annual report card on physical activity, Active Healthy Kids Canada gave kids an F in physical activity...for the 6th year in a row.

"Researchers agree the decline of play over the past 50 or 60 years has been consistent and substantial:  

• The proportion of Canadian kids who play outside after school dropped 14% over the last decade.
• 46% of Canadian kids get 3 hours or less of active play per week, including weekends.
• 63% of Canadian kids' free time after school and on weekends is sedentary.
• Canadian kids are not playing actively in their “free time.” At lunch and after school, kids are getting only 24 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity out of a possible 4 hours."

_{source: Active Healthy Kids Canada}