Sedentary Behaviors

D
2018 Grade: C-
2016 Grade: C

Benchmark

% of children and adolescents who meet the Canadian Sedentary Behavior Guidelines (5- to 17-y-olds: no more than 2 hours of recreational screen time per day).

Key Findings
  • 53.5% of children in grades 1-3 with mean age of 7.6 years had no more than 2 hours of screen time per day (n=706).
  • 5.3 % of adolescents aged 12-15 years met the guidelines of no more than 2 hours of screen time (n=815).
  • 31.2% of adolescents in secondary form 1-5 aged 11-18 years had no more than 2 hours of screen time per day (n=692).
  • 25% of children and adolescents aged 6-17 years met the guidelines of no more than 2 hours of screen time per day over a week (n=7,555).

    • During the pandemic:
  • 23.1% of parents of primary school children (93% mothers) reported that their children had ≤ 2 hours per day of using electronic devices for all purposes (n=6,072).
  • 30% of parents of school-aged children (6-12 years) reported that their children spent less than 2 hours per day in using electronic devices for all purposes (n=17,029).