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Game Bike Cycling
Research Program
for teens
Who is invited?:
• Youth between the ages of 12-17 years old who are
struggling with their weight.
• Not currently involved in a regular exercise program.
• Those with an interest and desire to follow the program.
Plus:
• Learn how to exercise at a level that’s right for you!
• A chance to improve your fitness while having fun!
• Parking/Transportation costs will be reimbursed.
Interested? For futher info contact:
Jane Rutherford, Project Coordinator
Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
jrutherford@cheo.on.ca
613 737-7600 ext.3271
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Due West Magazine • Page 58 • Fall 2008
Why Get Active?
Canadians spend $12 billion annually
on health care for illness related to
unhealthy lifestyle choices.
Recent studies have shown that
among 13.5 million working Canadians,
almost half are sedentary. Active living
in the workplace increases motivation,
productivity and morale. It reduces illness,
injuries, stress-related work problems,
turnover and absenteeism. Check
out these startling statistics.
• Canadian children and youth are 40
per cent less active than they were 30
years ago and children become less
active with age. Children watch an average
of 23 hours of television each week.
• Active Canadians are more likely than
inactive Canadians to rate their health
as either good or very good.
• As many as 26 per cent of Canadian
adults are at increased risk of developing
health problems because of excess
body weight. The most active Canadians
are the least likely to be overweight,
whereas the least active Canadians are
most likely to carry extra weight.
• Diet and physical activity leads to more
fat loss than diet alone. Long duration,
low-intensity physical activity burns fat.
• Active people feel stronger and
more in control. They have more
energy to cope with the challenges of
everyday life.
• Three 10-minute walks, all taken the
same day, are as good as one 30-minute
walk. You burn as many calories walking
one kilometre as you do running one
kilometre.
• Sixty-six per cent of Canadian females
are inactive compared with 60 per cent
of males. Inactivity increases with age,
with two-thirds more people over age 65
being inactive compared to those in
their early ’20s.
• If all Canadians were active, savings
to the health care system for heart disease
alone would amount to $776 million
a year.