Women and Healthy Living in Canada

Women and Healthy Living in Canada  Fact Sheet Number 1  Fall 2012    PHYSICAL ACTIVITY  RETHINKING  WOMEN AND  Women and girls are less active than men and boys at all age levels in Canada and many HEALTHY LIVING  women are not sufficiently active to attain the health benefits of physical activity. [...] Across Canada, women in British Columbia, Alberta, Nova Scotia and the Yukon are more likely to report being active or moderately active in their leisure time compared to women in Quebec, Nunavut, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador and the Northwest Territories [5]. [...] Neighbourhood safety is another factor that influence girls and women’s physical activity and there is a need for strategies that ensure that neighbourhoods are safe for walking, cycling and other forms of physical activity. [...] References [1] Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity. [...] Intervention strategies and determinants of physical activity and exercise behaviour in adult and older adult men and women.