According to the Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for children aged 5 to 11 and youth aged 12 to 17, children and youth should limit recreational screen time (e.g. television, computer, video games, etc.) to no more than 2 hours per day.¹

Children and youth should also limit sedentary motorized transportation, extended periods of sitting and time spent indoors throughout the day.¹

¹Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. 2011. Accessed March 20, 2018 at: http://www.csep.ca/CMFiles/Guidelines/CanadianSedentaryGuidelinesStatements_E_2012.pdf

Sedentary behaviour is defined as any waking behaviour characterized by an energy expenditure ≤ 1.5 metabolic equivalents (METs), while in a sitting, reclining or lying posture.