Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Canadian Children "Woefully" Inactive

An article on the CBC website today has quoted some very troubling stats base on recent research.
  • 8% of boys 6-10 years old are obese, 6% of girls
  • 10% of girls 15-19 years old are obese
  • 62% of our children's days are inactive
  • 7% or our kids are not active enough to realize health gains

This website, sponsored by the Childhood Obesity Foundation lists many ways for families to lead healthier lifestyles.

As an interesting segue; one of the proposed resolutions that will be considered at the ASCA AGM this year is a call to Alberta Education for required daily physical education and activity. This resolution among others, if accepted at the AGM, will be advocated by ASCA. We will be considering this resolution and others at the meeting Thursday evening. If you are interested in hearing more about them - we are meeting in the library at 6:30, hope to see you there.

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