Healthy living tools Karvonen Heart Rate Calculator: http://www.briancalkins.com/HeartRate.htm Interactive Food Guide: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/myguide-monguide/ index-eng.php Organizations that support physical activity Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology http://www.csep.ca American College of Sports Medicine http://www.acsm.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home_Page BC Healthy Living Alliance http://www.bchealthyliving.ca/ Sport MedBC www.sportmedbc.com ParticipACTION http://www.participaction.com/index.htm Coalition of Active Living http://www.activeliving.ca/English/index.cfm Lifestyle Information Network http://www.lin.ca/
Alberta Centre for Active Living http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/ Workplace Health links Active Living for workgroups http://www.virtualwellness.ualberta.ca/index.aspx?Page=11 Business case for active living at work http://www.cflri.ca/eng/story_details.php?id=51 Older adults Active Living Coalition for Older Adults http://www.alcoa.ca/e/whatis/exampl.htm Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging http://www.uwo.ca/actage
Centre for Hip Health and Mobility http://www.hiphealth.ca
International Council on Active Aging http://www.icaa.cc/index.asp
Centre for Successful Aging http://hhd.fullerton.edu/csa/default.htm
Active for Later Life (British Heart Foundation) http://www.bhf.org.uk/default.aspx?page=8054
Physical Activity Guide for Older Adults http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/hp-ps/hl-mvs/pag-gap/older-aines/index-eng.php
90 per cent of Canadian children and youth are still failing to meet the guidelines outlined in Canada’s Physical Activity Guides for Children.
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