title: Obesity and physical activity in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  What advice should I give parents of overweight children about physical activity? How can we encourage these children to become more physically active?
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Canadian Paediatrics Society 2002 position statement on healthy living for children and youth, which is currently being revised, recommends that physicians advise children and adolescents to increase the time they spend on physical activities by at least 30 minutes a day, with at least 10 minutes involving vigorous activities, and that goals should be reset to reach at least 90 minutes a day of total physical activity. The extent to which children and youth are physically active is influenced by a multitude of complex, interrelated factors. Addressing physical inactivity and its contribution to childhood obesity requires a comprehensive and holistic approach.
authors.affiliation: BC Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Room K4-226, Ambulatory Care Bldg, 4480 Oak St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4.
authors.forename: Mia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pradinuk
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Chanoine
authors.forename: Ran D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Goldman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors