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Measuring active living in Canada: A time-use perspective

Abstract

In Canada there is an increasing prevalence of chronic medical conditions and diseases related to a modifiable risk factor – physical inactivity. Therefore, it is important to have regular, robust, population-based surveillance of physical activity engagement that can be used to develop policy interventions and measure their success. The primary objective of this study is to describe the methods used to quantify the proportion of Canadians …

Authors

Spinney JEL; Millward H; Scott DM

Journal

Social Science Research, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 685–694

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

March 2011

DOI

10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.09.003

ISSN

0049-089X