Events Calendar

Date: April 15, 2011

Time: 12:10 PM to 12:50 PM

in motion @ the Library

Canada's New Physical Activity Guidelines - What do they mean to you?

Join Winnipeg in motion and local physical activity expert, Dr. Elizabeth Ready, professor with the faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, as she helps you to make sense of the new physical activity guidelines.

Come out and complete a physical activity self assessment to see how you "measure up" to the new guidelines and learn how to maximize the time you spend walking or working out by changing your intensity.

Friday, April 15, 2011
12:10-12:50 pm
Millennium Library - Carol Shields Auditorium

The event is FREE. Dress in comfortable clothing.

Join us and be sure to pick up your copy of the new guidelines, and for your chance to win one of 10 Winnipeg in motion water bottles and other in motion gear.

For more information - contact Winnipeg in motion at 940-3648

<CLICK HERE> for a poster for the session. (pdf - 132 KB)

Looking for Handouts from the session?

PowerPoint Presentation - CLICK HERE

Physical Activity Self-Assessment

Intensify your Walk and Workout

Boot Camp Walk

Canada's New Physical Activity Guidelines

To help Canadians move toward healthier lifestyles, the Public Health Agency of Canada supported the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) in reviewing the latest science on physical activity and in developing new physical activity guidelines. The new guidelines were released on January 24, 2011.

Check out the new Physical Activity Guideline information sheets and statements below. For more information or tips to get moving, please visit CSEP or ParticipACTION.

Children Age 5-11	Youth Age 12-17	Adults Age 18-64	Older Adults Age 65+

Canada's New Sedentary Guidelines

To complement Canada's new physical activity guidelines released in January 2011, the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) has just released Canada's Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Children and Youth - the first of their kind in the world.

The new Sedentary Behaviour guidelines provide recommendations to Canadian children and youth on limiting sedentary behaviour during discretionary or "free" time in order to reduce health risks.

The two guidelines together can be thought of as a recipe for families to give children the best possible chance to gain health and social benefits. Check out the new Sedentary Behaviour Guideline information sheets for children and youth.