1. 2004 SUMMERACTIVE HOT TOPICS
2. NEWS FROM THE ALBERTA CENTRE FOR ACTIVE LIVING
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1. 2004 SUMMERACTIVE HOT TOPICS
Hot Topic No. 1: “Focusing on Childhood Obesity”
(www.centre4activeliving.ca/whatsnew/currentprojects.html)
SummerActive (www.summeractive.canoe.ca) is a national six-week campaign
(May 10–June 19, 2004) that promotes physical activity and helps develop
healthy lifestyles.
Schools Come Alive (www.schoolscomealive.org) and Ever Active Schools
(www.everactive.org) produced this Hot Topic, “Focusing on Childhood
Obesity,” to promote SummerActive’s healthy living message. The Alberta
Centre for Active Living will distribute Hot Topics every two weeks during
the campaign.
Watch for the next two Hot Topics:
May 25: Physical Activity Programming at Work (produced by the Be Fit for
Life Network and Provincial Fitness Unit)
June 7: Alberta Parks: Great Places to Get out and Play! (produced by
Alberta Community Development)
The SummerActive campaign in Alberta is sponsored by Alberta Community
Development and the Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation
in partnership with Health Canada and other organizations.
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2. NEWS FROM THE ALBERTA CENTRE FOR ACTIVE LIVING
a) Canadian Health Network Feature Article
The Alberta Centre for Active Living wrote this month's feature article on
the Canadian Health Network: “Community gardens: Growing More than
Vegetables.” You can check out this article on the CHN home
page(www.canadian-health-network.ca).
This resource summarizes the health benefits of gardening, provides tips on
how to start a community garden, and shows the integration of physical
activity with other health determinants, such as the physical environment
and social support.
Contact CHN: We welcome your feedback on the feature article. Please submit
your comments using CHN’s General Feedback form (go to
www.canadian-health-network.ca, click on “Contact Us,” and then “General
Feedback”).
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b) SummerActive Is Here!
Get Ready to Get Out and Get Active between May 10 and June 19, 2004!
Leaders: Are you organizing an active event? Does it occur during
SummerActive? Register with SummerActive for a chance to win great prizes!
Find Leader Registration Information at
http://cgi.canoe.ca/cgi-bin/SummerActive/register.pl?Mode=LEADER.
Participants: Get out and get active, either at a registered SummerActive
event or on your own. After your event, register your participation.
There are three ways to register your participation:
- self-registration by participants,
http://cgi.canoe.ca/cgi-bin/SummerActive/register.pl?Mode=INDIVIDUAL;
- leaders register participants,
http://cgi.canoe.ca/cgi-bin/SummerActive/register.pl?Mode=GROUP;
- leaders’ bulk registration,
e-mail your participation numbers to [log in to unmask]
Dates to remember:
- Live Outside the Box Challenge Week (May 24–28, 2004)
- Alberta Active Living Challenge Day (May 28, 2004)
For complete details, visit
www.summeractive.canoe.ca/SummerActive/home_alberta.html.
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c) Coalition for Active Living Walking Survey
The Coalition for Active Living, a national coalition of more than 45
health-promotion groups, has just released its “Walking Habits of Adult
Canadians Survey.” The survey revealed that only half of all adult Canadians
had walked more than a kilometre on the day before being surveyed. Worse
still, 26% of all adult Canadians had not walked to school or work or to do
errands even once during the previous week.
To find out more about this survey, visit
www.activeliving.ca/English/WhatsNewDetail.cfm?type=Resource&id=2147107320.
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