The 2011 Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth was just released on April 26th. Check out the new indicator for Nature and the Outdoors.

There is a consistent thread throughout the report emphasizing the need to support more outdoor active play, improved policy development, community, parent and school support to engage our kids more outside. Check it out on page 46.

Dr. Mark Tremblay says: “Time spent being active outdoors after school lowers levels of anxiety, anger, fatigue and sadness. The science and benefits are clear; we need to re‐establish the healthy practice of after‐school physical activity in our communities.”

This is a valuable resource that supports and validates why we do what we do. Pass it on.