Four out of five teenagers aren’t meeting physical activity recommendations, according to new data from Statistics Canada, and experts say without big changes, physical activity will keep losing out to screens and social media when it comes to teens.
Data released Friday found that from 2022 to 2024, only 21 per cent of youth aged 12-17 across Canada were meeting physical activity recommendations, compared to 36 per cent in the period from 2018 to 2019.
It’s the only age group to have seen significant declines in physical activity since the last data collection period.
It’s a wo
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