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Table 8 Childcare representatives’ responses about policies surrounding physical activity type offered at childcare centers across Canada

From: Physical activity and screen-viewing policies in Canadian childcare centers

Structured

 [M]inimum 45 min per week indoor structured activity (yoga, dance; BC)

 Two to three guided physical activities per day (SK)

 Structured mostly inside but some outside approx[imately]1 h a day (PEI)

 Teacher-led active play varies from day to day (MB)

Unstructured

 [O]ur program is play based and children spend most of their day in unstructured play (AB)

 2 h[ours] unstructured (NB)

 [A]ll unstructured in/out as the children see fit (ON)

 We are a child led center. We do set up suggested activities; however, it is not led by a teacher (NB)

  1. Note: These responses were collected from the open-ended questions corresponding with the bolded questions in Table 4. Physical activity type was not separated by province and territory because the responses for these topics did not present sufficient variation
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BMC Public Health

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