2013 Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth Cover Story: Presentation Slide Deck
About Us • Active Healthy Kids Canada is a national charitable organization established in 1994 that works to power the movement to get kids moving ™ • Provides strategic national leadership – advancing knowledge, evidence- informed communication and advocacy strategies – to influence issue stakeholders who affect physical activity opportunities for children and youth • The primary vehicle to achieve this mandate is the Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth and its related activities 2
The Report Card, now in its ninth year of production, is an evidence-informed communications and advocacy piece designed to provide insight into Canada’s “state of the nation” each year on how, as a country, we are being responsible in providing physical activity opportunities for children and youth. Our model has been replicated in other jurisdictions around the world including Kenya, South Africa, Mexico and Louisiana. 3
Report Card Indicators and Grades • The 2013 Report Card assigns letter grades to 17 different indicators grouped into three categories. • Grades are based on an examination of current data against a benchmark along with an assessment of trends over time, international comparisons and the presence of disparities. • Together, the indicators provide a robust and comprehensive assessment of physical activity of Canadian children and youth 4
2013 Key Data Sources • Opportunities for Physical Activity at • Canadian Health Measures Survey School Survey (CFLRI) (CHMS) • Physical Activity Monitor (PAM; CFLRI) • Canadian Physical Activity Levels Among Youth Survey (CANPLAY; • Quebec en Forme CFLRI) • School Health Action Planning and • Health Behaviour of School-aged Evaluation System – Prince Edward Children Survey (HBSC) Island (SHAPES-PEI) • Healthy Living Habits Study (HLHS) • Youth Smoking Survey (YSS ) • Keeping Pace In addition, the long form Report Card includes a comprehensive set of references and a variety of specific recommendations in each section and can be accessed at www.activehealthykids.ca. 5
How much physical activity should children and youth get? • 3-4 year olds: at least 180 minutes of physical activity at any intensity every day • 5-17 year olds: at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity every day 6
2013 Grade D- Physical Activity Levels Figure 6. Comparison of Canadian children and youth by age group who are meeting the Canadian Physical Activity 7 Guidelines (source: 2009-11 CHMS)
Where are we now? 8
• Limiting recreational screen time: 2 years and under – no screen time 3-4 year olds – no more than 1 hour/day 5-17 year olds – no more than 2 hours/day • Limiting sedentary (motorized) transport, extended sitting and time spent indoors throughout the day. 9
2013 Grade F Sedentary Behaviour • 18% of 3- to 4-year-olds meet the Guidelines (2009-11 CHMS). • 69% of 5- to 11-year-olds meet the Guidelines (2009-11 CHMS). • 31% of 12- to 17-year-olds meet the Guidelines (2009-11 CHMS). 10
Sedentary Behaviour 11
Are we DRIVING our kids to UNHEALTHY HABITS? Sedentary Behaviour 12
Many Canadian Children are driven to and from destinations • 58 per cent of parents walked to school when they were kids, yet only 28 per cent of their children walk to school (REF 27) • In youth aged 15-17, the daily time spent walking decreased from 17 to 11 minutes between 1992 and 2010; this decline was particularly evident in girls.29 Sedentary Behaviour 13
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Regional Variations • Walking is the most common travel mode among elementary school children in inner-city Toronto, but children and youth from suburban areas are mostly driven to school.31 • Active transportation is more common in the territories and British Columbia, and less common in Atlantic Canada and Québec.28 • Active transportation is more common in urban areas, especially in cities with 100,000-250,000 inhabitants.28 Sedentary Behaviour 16
Barriers to Active Transportation • Distance between home and destination • Road and neighborhood safety • Child’s Age • Time • Convenience Sedentary Behaviour 17
Active Transportation is an easy, cost- effective way to increase physical activity levels in children and youth If children walked for all trips of less than 1km rather than being driven, they would accumulate approximately 15 – 20 minutes of walking per trip and have the potential to make a substantial contribution to the 60 minutes of daily physical activity kids need for overall health. 17 18
In addition to improving overall physical health, active transportation may: • Improve fitness and heart health • Increase academic achievement • Provide social opportunities • Reduce stress • Improve air quality and reduce risk of lung diseases (e.g., asthma) 19
Steps we can take Parents/Family should: • Encourage and support their children to actively travel to and from school as well as to other destinations (friend’s houses, parks, etc.). • Share responsibility with other parents for supervision of younger kids as they travel to and from school and activities (e.g., take turns leading a walking bus). • Park the car a short distance from school and/or other destinations and walk from there when it is not possible for their kids to walk the whole way. 20
Steps we can take School administrators should: • Ensure that bike racks are provided in highly visible areas on school property. • Consider children’s travel needs when deciding where to build new schools. • Facilitate the implementation of school travel plans, walking school buses, road safety education and other measures to ensure active and safe routes to school. 21
Steps we can take Policy-makers should: • Enforce traffic-calming measures in communities around schools and parks (zebra crossings, speed bumps, sidewalks, flashing lights, etc.). • Encourage employers to offer flexible hours that would allow parents to support active travel opportunities for their kids. • Develop joint planning mechanisms and protocols to ensure that the built environment supports walking and biking as an easy choice for children and youth. Sedentary Behaviour 22
Thank you to… 23
Our Funders 24
Strategic Partners The Healthy Active Living and ParticipACTION provides Obesity Research Group at leadership on communications the Children’s Hospital of strategy, marketing, media Eastern Ontario Research and public relations support Institute provides leadership and provides Active Healthy Kids Canada with access to on scientific data collection organizational infrastructure and analysis and the content and administrative support. development process for the Report Card and related knowledge-exchange activities. 25
2013 Research Work Group • Guy Faulkner (University of Toronto) • Dr. Mark Tremblay (Chief Scientific Officer) • Ian Janssen (Queen’s University) • Dr. Rachel Colley (Chair and Scientific • Angela Kolen-Thompson (St. Francis Officer) Xavier University) • Joel Barnes (Research Manager and • Stephen Manske (Propel Centre for Lead Author) Population Health Impact, University of • Mike Arthur (Department of Health and Waterloo) Wellness, Nova Scotia) • Art Salmon (Ministry of Tourism, Culture • Christine Cameron (Canadian Fitness and Sport, Ontario) and Lifestyle Research Institute) • John C. Spence (University of Alberta) • Jean-Philippe Chaput (Children’s • Brian Timmons (McMaster University) Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute) 26
Steps YOU can take! • Help spread the word! Go to www.activehealthykids.ca to download the Report Card, articles, social media tools, videos, tip sheets • Use the Report Card to advocate for changes in your community • See pages 85-94 of the Long Form for examples of active transportation initiatives across Canada 27
2014 GLOBAL SUMMIT ON THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF CHILDREN Bringing together leading researchers and practitioners to address the growing childhood physical inactivity crisis Go to www.activehealthykids.ca/summit for registration details! 28
For more information info@activehealthykids.ca www.activehealthykids.ca 29
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