Health and Wellness

Impact on Toronto:

“Healthy citizens help to create strong and thriving communities. As health concerns compound with other problems, the social cost will be enormous.”
— Karen Letofsky, Executive Director, Distress Centres

Why it matters:

When we think of health issues, many of us think of overflowing emergency rooms and long wait lists. However, lifestyle choices, such as how much we exercise and what we eat, can have a greater effect on our mental and physical health than the availability of doctors or technologies.

• Only 9 per cent of boys and 4 per cent of girls are meeting the new Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines, which state that children and youth should be moderately to vigorously active for at least an hour per day.
• Obesity levels have increased 20 per cent in Toronto since 2003: 14.2 per cent of Torontonians 18 years or older are obese. That’s twice the rate of Vancouver (7 per cent).

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