Thus, population health researchers have started to develop novel interventions that use screen-based technology as part of the solution rather than part of the problem. High levels of habitual sedentary time (especially via screen-based activities) are associated with a range of negative health and behavioural indicators including poorer measures of body composition, fitness, self-esteem, self-worth, pro-social behaviour, and/or academic achievement.

International data from the HBSC study show that 66% of girls and 68% of boys watch more than two hours of television per day, and data from a Canadian study show that youth accumulate an average of 7.8 hours of screen time daily. Further, it is now understood that children and youth spend a significant part of their day being sedentary. Self-reported measures of physical activity (PA) from the Global School-based Student Health Survey and the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study (HBSC) show that 80% of 13–15 year olds do not participate in at least 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) daily. The majority of children and youth around the world do not meet current physical activity guidelines and are considered to be inactive. The organization had no role in the design and conduct of the study the collection, management, analysis and interpretation of the data or the preparation, review and approval of the manuscript.Ĭompeting interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.įunding: This study was supported by funds from Active Healthy Kids Canada.

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