Health committee  Should I answer first, since I had the first question? I'd like to share not just Edmonton but three ideas, because they all share a commonality in that they were initiated by the community. The City Centre Education Project in Edmonton was initiated by a principal who said we

Health committee  No, I don't think what you're saying is frivolous; I think it's very important. The first comments I made were that we can't separate the issues of obesity and inactivity from diet. We can't say that to be healthy you just have to exercise. Here we have experts on the physical ac

Health committee  Thank you. Rod, thank you for reminding us what health really is: the mind, the body, and the spirt, and how integrated all of those things are. We often talk about teaching the whole child in our school system, and what you've shared is very beautiful. I want to address the qu

Health committee  Yes, there are just so many places. The problem has crept up on us, and we've really just started to recognize the enormity of it and to take it seriously. We're still a little bit in denial about how important it is. We do need to spend real money to tackle this problem, and it

Health committee  To athletes, or to physical activity initiatives? To both?

Health committee  It's a great question, and it's one I'll answer conservatively, because I don't know a whole lot about what's going on in every country. I know some great examples are Australia and Norway. In Norway, physical activity is a way of life. People cross-country ski to school, they wa

Health committee  I agree.

Health committee  Sport is a good thing. It increases physical activity and certainly can add value to children's lives, but I think it's important for the sport we play in our communities to reflect the values we hold within our communities, so that our community sport speaks to things like fairn

Health committee  First of all, I'd like to thank the committee for having me here; it's a marvellous opportunity. It's such an important issue. I would really call it the “childhood obesity and inactivity” committee, because I think these really are such deeply connected issues. What's happening