Can The Moblees™ Move Canadian Children?
Investigating the Impact of a Television Program on Children’s Physical Activity Background The effects of messaging about physical activity and sedentary behavior purposefully integrated into children’s TV programming on children’s behavior is unknown. The Moblees is a Canadian childrens’ show that explicitly promotes physical activity. Two studies were conducted to (1) examine whether children were […]
Nutrition Resource Centre Forum 2018: Registration & Call for Abstracts Open
Growing concerns about unhealthy eating habits, including consuming too many processed foods and beverages, and the lack of food literacy in children, youth and adults have inspired this year’s theme – Unpacking Food Literacy. Join the Nutrition Resource Centre at their 2018 forum as the latest research and tools are shared to help consumers make healthier […]
The 2018 ParticipACTION Report Card
Physical Activity for Children and Youth links brain health with regular physical activity ParticipACTION released today its 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth, which gave Canadian kids a score of D+ for Overall Physical Activity. This grade is particularly alarming considering that this year’s Report Card also highlights important connections between […]
2016 ParticipACTION Report Card
Canadian kids are inactive and may be losing sleep over it
ParticipACTION releases 2016 Report Card and for the first time, assigns a sleep grade.
There are important relationships among sleep, physical activity and sedentary behaviour and new research shows that sedentary lifestyles are connected to a creeping ‘sleepidemic’ in Canadian children and youth. That is why, for the first time, the 2016 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth assigns a grade to sleep and includes new Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth. A first of their kind in the world, the guidelines outline what a healthy 24-hour period looks like for children and youth.
Obese Children Do Not Need to Increase Their Physical Activity Any More than Their Lean Counterparts Do
Traversy Gregory Peter, Chaput Jean-Philippe. Obese Children Do Not Need to Increase Their Physical Activity Any More than Their Lean Counterparts Do. Frontiers in Pediatrics 2016: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2016.00035. Via the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, CHEO Research Institute IntroductionThe relationship between child physical activity (PA) levels and obesity has been studied extensively (1, 2). […]
60 Minute Kids’ Club Amalgamates with Sport for Life Society
The Sport for Life Society is excited to announce that the organization amalgamated the operations of 60 Minutes Kids’ Club into its suite of programs and services
The Sport for Life Society is recognized as the international experts on the Sport for Life movement, Long-Term Athlete Development, and physical literacy development. 60 Minute Kids Club is a program that has helped more than 78,000 elementary students from over 400 schools across Canada learn healthy habits over the past six years.
Yummy Lunch Club 4 Kids: New kids’ e-mag
To read the issue: http://www.joomag.com/magazine/mag/0130408001457374536Yummy Lunch Club: http://www.yummylunchclub.ca
60 Minute Kids’ Club and Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame announce partnership
60 Minute Kids’ Club and Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame partner for greater physical literacy levels and participation in sports of Canadian kids
Vancouver, BC – 60 Minute Kids’ Club and Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame are pleased to announce their partnership to support greater physical literacy levels and sports participation of Canadian children.
The partners have rallied around their core competencies and a common purpose: to help kids become physically literate, with the skills that enable participation in sports from an early age and throughout their lives. Such skill development has fallen off significantly over the past decades. 60MKC and Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame have come together to ensure Canadians are supported in reaching physical literacy by focusing on children and youth.
PHE Canada: The 2015 Healthy School Communities National Forum
Registration is now open for PHE Canada’s 2015 Healthy School Communities National Forum
The 2015 Healthy School Communities National Forum will equip you with the tools, evidence, network, and motivation to support schools become more comprehensive in their approach to school health and move toward healthier outcomes.
Through keynotes, plenaries and breakout sessions, you will discover strategies for fostering a healthy school community, hear and share stories of successful initiatives, gain an understanding of how to use evidence in support of a healthy school community approach, and be motivated to affect positive change in your local school or school jurisdiction.
Video: Fixing the childhood obesity epidemic
Matt Young at TEDxStanleyPark
The 60 Minute Kids’ Club is a free program that supports elementary schools physical literacy and health strategies. Visit http://fms.60mkc.org to start monitoring, recording and supporting the week-by-week, year-by-year development of your kids’ Fundamental Movement Skills, helping set them up for a lifetime of movement, experience and health.