Healthy Living and Physical Fitness

Lead the way in North America in healthy living and physical fitness.

Your B.C. Government has created a ministry dedicated to preventative health: Healthy Living and Sport.
The Province also created ActNowBC, a nationally recognized program for promoting healthy living and chronic disease prevention.
Thirty minutes of daily physical activity is now mandatory for all K-12 students in B.C. schools, and $35 million has been invested in healthy schools initiatives since 2001.
Your B.C. Government is establishing ActNowBC seniors community parks designed especially for seniors to help them stay mobile, physically active and healthy.
Your B.C. Government's ActionSchools! BC model is accepted internationally as a best practice in health promotion and 100 per cent of B.C. school districts are participating.
Banned smoking in vehicles with children under the age of 16; in indoor public spaces and workplaces; and on school and hospital grounds. The Province has also restricted the way tobacco is displayed and sold.
Restricting the use of industrially-produced trans fat in the preparation of food in restaurants and schools by 2010.
Your B.C. Government has banned junk food in vending machines in schools and government buildings.
Your B.C. Government has invested almost $200 million since 2001 to help recruit, train and retain nurses.
The Province has increased by 150 per cent the number of community addiction beds since 2003, for a total of almost 2,200 today.
The Province has invested over $4 billion in hospital construction, renovation, and equipment since 2001.
Opened B.C.'s first new Regional Hospital in three decades in Abbotsford - the $355-million Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre.
Wait times to access residential care have decreased from one year in 2001 to 30-90 days today.
Wait times for hip and knee replacements have been shortened by approximately two months compared to 2001.

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Healthy Living and Physical Fitness

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