Physical activity and screen time among Canadian children and youth, 2016 and 2017.: CS82-625/2019001-3E-PDF
"Regular physical activity among children and youth is related to improvements in cholesterol levels, blood pressure, body composition, bone density, physical fitness, academic achievement, and aspects of mental health including self-esteem. Conversely, recreational sedentary behaviour, such as time spent watching TV or playing video games, is linked to obesity, metabolic syndrome, hypertension and poorer scores in psychosocial health indicators such as body-satisfaction"--Page 3.
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| Department/Agency | Statistics Canada, issuing body. |
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| Title | Physical activity and screen time among Canadian children and youth, 2016 and 2017. |
| Series title | Health fact sheets |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | "Release date: April 17, 2019." Caption title. Issued also in HTML format. Issued also in French under title: Activité physique et temps passé devant un écran chez les enfants et les jeunes canadiens, 2016 et 2017. Includes bibliographical references (page 8). |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, 2019. ©2019 |
| Description | 1 online resource (8 pages) : charts. |
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| Subject terms | Exercise -- Canada -- Statistics. |