Health & Fitness Section

This Section of MP John Weston’s website is dedicated to help Canadians to improve their general Health & Fitness

***Update Jan 2013*** this section is no longer updated and may contain broken links, an exciting new section will be implemented soon

 

National Health and Fitness Day :

•  What is NHFD/JNSCP
• A Private Member’s Bill introduced by MP Weston. It encourages local Governments to offer its sports and recreation facilities for free or at a reduced rate on the first Saturday of June each year, in addition to showcasing the local opportunities available for sport and fitness activities for any level of ability
• The launch of the Bill to create National Health and Fitness Day : September 24th, 2012 in Ottawa and September 29th in West Vancouver!
• PRESS RELEASE: Senate adopts motion by Senator Nancy Greene Raine
• First Edition of NHFD (2012)
• Senator Raine’s Senate Speech on National Health and Fitness Day
• Senator’s speech. (English)
• Senator’s speech. (French

  

OLYMPICS :

Government news on Olympics

BIKING :

Useful Map of the North Shore Bike  Trails!

GUIDES+ Data on Health

• Research on Health and Fitness in Canada
• Background on information related to health and fitness in Canada
• Executive summary related to health and fitness in Canada
• Guides to make better food choices (By CHRISTOPHER R. SHACKLETON, MD,ABIM, FRCPC, FRCSC)

• “Bad Habits: Confronting the Obesity Epidemic in Canada”
• “About Food:Some Guidance About Making Choices”

• Canada’s food guide

 ARTICLES

• Physical inactivity costs taxpayers $6.8B a year (CBC)
• July 25 2012 The hard truth about inactivity (Globe and Mail)

  Media Buzz on National Health and Fitness Day

• How to profit from war on waistlines
• VIDEO: MP John Weston celebrates National Health and Fitness Day ( June 8, 2012) (North Shore News)
• Pique Magazine (June 7th, 2012)
• Squamish-Lillooet Regional District National Health and Fitness Day PROCLAMATION! (June 2nd, 2012)
• Curl BC – Sport Matters Group (May 31st, 2012)
• Whisler News (June 2nd,2012)
• Squamish Chief News (June 2nd, 2012)
• Thanks to North Vancouver!
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• Lions Bay News (May 22, 2012)
• Coast Reporter (May 29th, 2012)
• North Shore News (March 23, 2012)
• Macleans (April 30, 2012)
• Bike Day on the Hill (May 10, 2012)

 

 

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