The Alberta Centre for Active Living and Mount Royal University are proud to co-sponsor this important half-day Physical Activity Forum in Edmonton and Calgary.

This dynamic and timely presentation by Dr. Phil Wilson: Motivating Physical Activity Behaviour: How do we separate fact from fiction? will provide insights to practitioners and professionals about major developments in the field of human motivation, as applied to physical activity behaviour.  

Registration and information.

Established in 1994, Active Healthy Kids Canada strives to be atrusted source for "powering the movement to get kids moving"-a 'go to' source for knowledge, insight and understanding that influences thinking and action among issue stakeholders to help them build better programs, campaigns and policies in order to increase physical activity among children and youth.

Some findings:

School's out, are your children being physically active?

• The after-school period, from 3 to 6 p.m., is prime time for physical activity, yet many Canadian children and youth are sitting idle indoors - only getting 14 minutes (out of a possible 180 minutes) of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity. This means 92 per cent of the after-school time is spent in light or sedentary activities.  
• The older children get, the less time they spend after school being physically active - children aged five to 12 spend more time playing outside after school than 13- to 17-year-olds.2 Furthermore, boys are more likely than girls to engage in physical activity in the after-school period.  
• Children aren't being physically active in after-school programs. Seventy-two per cent of Canadian parents report that their children don't have access to a supervised after-school program that encourages physical activity.

http://www.activehealthykids.ca/ReportCard/2011ReportCardOverview.aspx

To thank you for the time and effort it takes to complete the Health Assessment Tool for Schools, EAS is prize draws starting May 13th.

Champions, be sure to check your inbox for your username and password.  Link directly to the HATS website here.

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Prizes and Deadlines

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For more information contact Rhonda or Joyce.