Algoma Public Health
- Chapter 12 - Healthy Eating and Active Living
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Chapter 12 - Healthy Eating and Active Living
Key Messages:
- Vegetable and fruit consumption is declining, with only 21.7% of people in Algoma who are 12 years old and over, consuming vegetables and fruit 5 times a day in 2020.
- The physical activity levels of youth in Algoma are low. In 2019, only 33.3% of youth aged 12-17 met daily physical activity guidelines.
- In Algoma, physical activity levels decline after age 50. In 2020, 49.2% of people aged 50-64 years and 43.2% of people aged 65 and over were active according to the recommendations for their age group.
- The majority of youth in Algoma (79.7%) use electronic devices before falling asleep.
- The environments in which we live, work and play have an impact on healthy behaviours and can be modified to make the healthy choice the easy choice.
