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I started using my iPad a lot more 
during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Could I be getting too much screen time?

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That’s a really good question,

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and not one that many kids 
are asking themselves.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic,
so much of our world shifted online.

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Now we have to figure out how to prevent
excessive screen time.

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As a researcher focused on healthy active
living in kids,

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we wanted to determine the proportion
of kids six months into the pandemic

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that were achieving the recommended
guidelines for physical activity,

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sedentary behavior,
which includes screen time and sleep,

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collectively known as the 24-hour movement
guidelines.

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To achieve this,
we conducted a study using online data

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from a survey of more than 1000 parents
from across Canada.

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We looked to identify reasons
why some children

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were not meeting the 24 hour guidelines
during the pandemic.

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we discovered that 96% of Canadian
school-aged children

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and youth did not meet
the 24-hour movement guidelines,

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and 73% did not meet the Screentime
recommendations.

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Interestingly, although pandemic related
restrictions were similar

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for most children,
such as limiting social gatherings

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and reduced in-person
activities, the relationships

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with 24-hour movement behaviours
varied among children and youth.

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What our study found was that a parent's
perceived inability

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to restrict their children's screen
time and children not spending enough

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time outdoors were related to not meeting
the 24 hour movement guidelines

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and the physical activity
and screen time recommendations.

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As kids head back to school, it's important
that parents feel empowered

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to work with their kids
to limit recreational screen

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time and encourage
kids to get outside and play.