Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for the Early Years (aged 0–4 years)

The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP), with assistance from multiple partners, stakeholders, and researchers, developed the first Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for the Early Years (aged 0–4 years). These national guidelines were created in response to an urgent call from public...

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Published in:Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism nutrition, and metabolism, 2012-04, Vol.37 (2), p.345-356
Main Authors: Tremblay, Mark S, Leblanc, Allana G, Carson, Valerie, Choquette, Louise, Connor Gorber, Sarah, Dillman, Carrie, Duggan, Mary, Gordon, Mary Jane, Hicks, Audrey, Janssen, Ian, Kho, Michelle E, Latimer-Cheung, Amy E, Leblanc, Claire, Murumets, Kelly, Okely, Anthony D, Reilly, John J, Spence, John C, Stearns, Jodie A, Timmons, Brian W
Format: Article
Language:eng ; fre
Subjects:
activité physique
Canada
Child Behavior - physiology
Child Welfare
Child, Preschool
Children
Demographic aspects
directives
early years
enfants
enfants d’âge préscolaire
Exercise
guidelines
Health aspects
Humans
Infant
infants
jeu
Life Style
measurement
mesures
Motor Activity
nourrissons
petite enfance
physical activity
Physical fitness
Preschool children
preschoolers
Public Health
recommandations
recommendations
Skills
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Summary:The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP), with assistance from multiple partners, stakeholders, and researchers, developed the first Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for the Early Years (aged 0–4 years). These national guidelines were created in response to an urgent call from public health, health care, child care, and fitness practitioners for healthy active living guidance for the early years. The guideline development process was informed by the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research Evaluation (AGREE) II instrument and the evidence assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system. The recommendations are informed by evidence from a systematic review that examined the relationships between physical activity and health indicators (healthy body weight, bone and skeletal health, motor skill development, psychosocial health, cognitive development, and cardio-metabolic disease risk factors) for three age groups (infants aged 
ISSN:1715-5312
1715-5320
DOI:10.1139/h2012-018