Canadian physical activity guidelines for adults: are Canadians aware?
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Dale, Leila Pfaeffli
LeBlanc, Allana G.
Orr, Krystn
Berry, Tanya
Deshpande, Sameer
Latimer-Cheung, Amy E.
O’Reilly, Norm
Rhodes, Ryan E.
Tremblay, Mark S.
Faulkner, Guy
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Canadian Science Publishing
Abstract
The present study evaluated awareness of the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology’s 2011 Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults and assessed correlates. Reported awareness of the physical activity (PA) guidelines was 12.9% (204/1586) of the total sample surveyed. More than half (55%) self-reported meeting PA guidelines of ≥ 150 min of moderate to vigorous PA per week. Awareness of PA guidelines was significantly related to participants’ level of PA (χ2 (1) = 30.63, p < 0.001, φ = –0.14), but not to any demographic variables.
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Final publication available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2016-0115
Keywords
physical activity, awareness, guidelines, public health, knowledge translation
Citation
Dale, L. P., LeBlanc, A. G., Orr, K., Berry, T., Deshpande, S., Latimer-Cheung, A. E., … Faulkner, G. (2016). Canadian physical activity guidelines for adults: are Canadians aware? Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 41(9), 1008–1011. doi:10.1139/apnm-2016-0115