If physical inactivity is such a serious health risk, what is Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) doing to help Canadians improve their physical activity levels?
At their annual meeting in Bathurst, New Brunswick, in February 2003, federal, provincial, and territorial Ministers responsible for physical activity, recreation, and sport set a new national target to increase physical activity by 10 percentage points in each province and territory by 2010. They also agreed to focus efforts on increasing physical activity among children and youth, and to undertake research to establish valid and reliable national baseline data for this target group. The PHAC will continue to work in partnership with the provinces and territories to develop and deliver physical activity initiatives. In 1998, Health Canada introduced Canada’s Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living, in cooperation with the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. The Guide has been officially endorsed by all provincial and territorial governments and more than 50 national organizations in physical activity, recreation, health and medical communities. Health Canada has since r
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