Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Most kids earn failing grade on exercise, report finds

CTV.ca News Staff

Most Canadian kids are earning a failing grade on a new report card assessing their levels of daily exercise.

Active Healthy Kids Canada's annual report card on physical activity for kids found that 87 per cent of children and youth are not getting in the recommended minimum of 90 minutes of physical activity a day.

Despite the dismal numbers, that's still an improvement compared to 2006 when 91 per cent of kids weren't reaching the target.

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1 comment:

  1. Am happy to say my kids are sadly part of the 13% - here's to walking to school every day.

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