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Call to Action: Help Protect Your Child’s Health
The alarming truth about our children is more than half are not active enough for healthy growth and development. A lack of physical activity is contributing to the escalating numbers (greater than 25%) of young Canadians between 2 and 17 years of age who are overweight or obese. Overweight children tend to become overweight adults. This can lead to more serious long-term health problems like heart disease, diabetes and some types of cancer.
Active children and youth enjoy life, handle stress better and have high self-esteem. What great reasons to encourage your child to have an active lifestyle!
An active lifestyle starts at any age. Active living means taking part in physical activity everyday...throughout life!
Information from/adapted from the following References:
- House of Commons Standing Committee on Health, Healthy Weights for Healthy Kids, 2007.
- Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. (2011). Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines. Retrieved February 15, 2011 from http://www.csep.ca/english/view.asp?x=804
Last Reviewed Oct 2011
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