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. 2013 Dec;18(10):538–542. doi: 10.1093/pch/18.10.538

TABLE 3.

Paediatricians’ awareness of, agreement with and assessment of how realistic the Canadian Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines are

Guideline
Physical activity Sedentary behaviour

Early years* Children and youth Early years Children and youth
Awareness of the Guidelines
Very familiar 6.3 9.1 5.1 5.2
Somewhat familiar 41.1 46.8 27.2 32.0
A little familiar 37.8 32.9 35.1 32.9
Not at all familiar 14.8 11.2 32.6 29.9
Agreement with the Guidelines
Strongly agree 57.7 63.8 68.9 68.6
Agree 40.8 32.6 27.5 25.7
Disagree 0.9 2.7 2.4 4.5
Strongly disagree 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.2
Assessment of how realistic the Guidelines are
Very realistic 57.4 35.1 50.9 30.8
Somewhat realistic 34.6 48.6 40.1 46.5
Somewhat unrealistic 7.3 14.2 7.9 18.1
Very unrealistic 0.7 2.1 1.1 4.6

Data presented as %.

*

Early years: zero to four years of age;

Children and youth: five to 17 years of age