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XXII.3 May - June 2015
Page: 52
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Discouraging sedentary behaviors using interactive play


Authors:
Regan Mandryk, Kathrin Gerling

Regular physical activity has many benefits, including to a person's physical, emotional, and cognitive well-being [1]. Although adults should achieve 150 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity per week, only 15 percent of adults meet these guidelines in at least 10-minute bouts, and only 5 percent of adults meet these guidelines in at least 30-minute bouts on five or more days per week (see [2]). For children, the statistics are even more discouraging. Although kids should get 60 minutes of activity per day, only 7 percent of Canadian youth accumulate 60 minutes per day six days a week…




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