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Handout 4. Canada’s Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living for Older Adults

This 22 page handbook is available on-line at: Canada’s Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living for Older Adults.

It includes information for older adults on why they should be active, benefits of physical activity and tips from experts on how often and how much to be active. It also includes some goal setting checklists, an activity journal and a copy of “the guide”.

You can also order a print copy. It is free and available in English and French. To order call:
Tel: 1-888-334-9769

Active Independent Aging was a joint venture between the University of Ottawa and the Public Health and Long-term Care Branch, City Of Ottawa. For more information please visit our website at: www.falls-chutes.com. Funding provided by Health Canada/Veterans Affairs Canada Falls Prevention Initiative. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the official policies of Health Canada, Veterans Affairs Canada, the University of Ottawa and the Public Health and Long-term Care Branch, City Of Ottawa. The information in this handout is current as of 2004.
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