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• Only 5% of 5 – 17 year olds are meeting the recommended 60 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous physical activity (Canadian Health Measures Survey)
• Today’s generation of youth will be the first to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents (Olshansky)
• Lack of regular physical activity negatively effects children’s health, their self-esteem and Canada’s health care system
• Physical inactivity costs Canadian taxpayers approximately $6.8 billion a year
• Canadian kids are spending 7 hours a day in front of a screen – over the course of a week that is as much time as their parents spend at work (Active Health Kids Canada)
• 46% of Canadian kids get 3 hours or less of active play per week, including weekends (Active Health Kids Canada)