Results from Canada's 2014 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.

Background: The Active Healthy Kids Canada (AHKC) Report Card consolidates and translates research and assesses how Canada is being responsible in providing physical activity opportunities for children (3- to 11-years-old) and youth (12- to 17-years-old). The primary aim of this article is to summarize the results of the 2014 AHKC 10th Anniversary Report Card.

Methods: Ten physical activity indicators were graded using the AHKC Report Card development process, which includes a synthesis of the best available research, surveillance, policy and practice findings, and expert consensus.

Are we driving our kids to unhealthy habits? Results of the active healthy kids Canada 2013 report card on physical activity for children and youth.

This article examines the time trends in patterns of school travel mode among Canadian children and youth to inform the Active Transportation (AT) indicator of the 2013 Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. The AT grade was assigned based on a comprehensive synthesis of the 2000 and 2010 Physical Activity Monitor studies from the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute and the 1992, 1998, 2005, and 2010 General Social Survey from Statistics Canada. The results showed that in 2013, AT was graded a D, because less than half of Canadian children and youth used only active modes of transportation to get to and from school.

We do not smoke but some of us are more susceptible than others: a multilevel analysis of a sample of Canadian youth in grades 9 to 12.

Background: Smoking susceptibility has been found to be a strong predictor of experimental smoking. This paper examined which student- and school-level factors differentiated susceptible never smokers from non-susceptible never smokers among a nationally representative sample of Canadian students in grades 9 to 12.

Methods: Student-level data from the 2008-2009 Canadian Youth Smoking Survey were linked with school-level data from the 2006 Census, and one built environment characteristic (the density of tobacco retailers surrounding schools).

Using student and school factors to differentiate adolescent current smokers from experimental smokers in Canada: a multilevel analysis.

Objective: In order to understand the factors that differentiate adolescents who have tried smoking from those who have become established smokers, this study examined which student- and school-level factors differentiated current smokers from experimental smokers among a nationally representative sample of Canadian secondary school students.

Method: Student-level secondary data from the 2008-2009 Canadian Youth Smoking Survey was linked with school-level data from the 2006 Census and one built environment characteristic, and examined using multilevel logistic regression analyses.

Results: The current smoking rates varied (P<0.

Energy expenditure while playing active and inactive video games.

Purpose: To examine energy expenditure (EE) when playing active and inactive videogames (VG).

Methods: Predicted EE was measured among 51 undergraduate students while playing active and inactive VG (Ontario, Canada).

Results: Predicted EE was significantly higher playing the active VG compared to the inactive VG according to heart rate monitor (97.

Smoking and physical activity: a systematic review.

Objectives: To better understand the co-occurrence of smoking and physical inactivity.

Methods: A review of 5 databases identified 50 articles reporting empirical relationships between smoking and physical activity (PA).

Results: Almost 60% of the articles reported a definitely negative association, but this relationship was often attenuated or reversed among adolescents and males and for moderate (vs vigorous) exercise.

Reliability and validity of a school-based physical activity questionnaire.

Purpose: To determine the reliability and validity of the School Health Action, Planning and Evaluation System (SHAPES) physical activity questionnaire, a machine-readable questionnaire designed to collect data from all students in a school from grades 6 to 12 and to provide feedback to the school for planning and evaluation.

Methods: Study 1 assessed test-retest reliability by administering the questionnaire twice, 1 wk apart to 2812 students in grades 9-12. Study 2 assessed criterion validity using MTI accelerometers worn consecutively for 7 d, and measured height and weight (N = 67, grades 6-12).

Outcome evaluation of a high school smoking reduction intervention based on extracurricular activities.

Background: An outcome evaluation of a high school tobacco control intervention using extracurricular activities developed by teachers and students is reported.

Methods: Eligible subjects (n = 3,028) had participated in a randomized trial of an elementary school smoking prevention curriculum. Their high schools were matched in pairs; one school in each pair was randomly assigned to the intervention condition, the second to a "usual-care" control condition.