Physical activity levels did not change between 1995 and 1999. There had been an increase in Canadians' physical activity levels between 1981 and 1995, but the upward trend seems to have stalled since 1995. Canadians' activity levels decrease after age 24.
Women continue to be more inactive than men.
The 1999 Physical Activity Monitor is the fourth wave of the Physical Activity Monitor and was conducted in the spring and summer of 1999. In addition to completing individual interviews, parents answered questions about one of their children under 18 who were still living at home. A total of 4,369 adults aged 18 and older and 1,375 children aged 1 to 17 constituted the final sample. Click here for further results of the 1999 survey .