“Canadian
children and youth spend sixty-two per cent of their waking hours in
sedentary pursuits, with six to eight hours per day of screen time as
the average for school-aged kids,” said Dr. Mark Tremblay, Director,
Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research (HALO) at the CHEO Research
Institute, and Chair of the CSEP Physical Activity Guidelines Committee.
When Kids Get GoingThe good news is that
reducing sedentary time can provide health benefits. According to
Tremblay, lower levels of sedentary behaviour are “consistently
associated with improved body composition, cardio-respiratory and
musculoskeletal fitness, academic achievement and even self-esteem.”
“Generally, kids that are active are better learners,” said Brian Torrance, Director of Ever Active Schools in Edmonton, Alberta. “For instance, school kids that have had a 10-minute walk before a test arrive at the exam with their ‘neurons firing’ and are more relaxed, so test results are better.”
Torrance suggests that some schools may not be as aware of the need to reduce sedentary time as others. “Awareness at the school level about limiting sedentary behaviour definitely needs to increase, so these new guidelines are a helpful tool to boost that awareness,” he said.
Sedentary Guidelines Complement Physical Activity GuidelinesJohn C. Spence, Associate Dean, Research, at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, explains that some researchers are now finding that simply being less sedentary provides health benefits, regardless of the amount of moderate or vigorous physical activity or exercise a person may do each day. “What this research shows is that just by standing for longer periods and moving around more often during the day, a person will burn several hundred more calories per day. “
But Spence and other experts are quick to add a word of caution: simply being less sedentary is only part of the solution on the road to good health.
In fact, the Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Children and Youth are complementary to the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for the same age range.
“Generally, kids that are active are better learners,” said Brian Torrance, Director of Ever Active Schools in Edmonton, Alberta. “For instance, school kids that have had a 10-minute walk before a test arrive at the exam with their ‘neurons firing’ and are more relaxed, so test results are better.”
Torrance suggests that some schools may not be as aware of the need to reduce sedentary time as others. “Awareness at the school level about limiting sedentary behaviour definitely needs to increase, so these new guidelines are a helpful tool to boost that awareness,” he said.
Sedentary Guidelines Complement Physical Activity GuidelinesJohn C. Spence, Associate Dean, Research, at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, explains that some researchers are now finding that simply being less sedentary provides health benefits, regardless of the amount of moderate or vigorous physical activity or exercise a person may do each day. “What this research shows is that just by standing for longer periods and moving around more often during the day, a person will burn several hundred more calories per day. “
But Spence and other experts are quick to add a word of caution: simply being less sedentary is only part of the solution on the road to good health.
In fact, the Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Children and Youth are complementary to the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for the same age range.
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