By Lucy Scholey, Ottawa Metro News, May 20, 2014
A new report card released by Active Healthy Kids Canada, says Canadian youth
fare far worse than those in other countries when it comes to breaking a sweat,
despite having ample opportunities and equipment to help them get active.
According to the survey, only seven per cent of Canadian children and youth aged
five to 11 are meeting the exercise benchmark of 60 minutes of
“moderate-to-vigorous” physical activity every day. That lands us near the
bottom of the not-so-sweaty barrel when compared to 13 other countries. via
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