The chart shown the minimum number of days spent per week on sport and exercise by young people in Canada. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the imformation shown below.

The bar chart shows the amount of

time

that 12 to 17-year-olds in Canada spend per

week

on sport and exercise. It is clear from the chart that

girls

are less active in their leisure

time

than

boys

There is a noticeable difference between the percentages of

boys

and

girls

who participate in sport for more than an hour three times a

week

. About one-third of

girls

devote over an hour of their

time

three times a

week

to active leisure pursuits

while

this

applies to over half of the

boys

. There is a similar difference between the percentage of very active young people. Almost 1 in 10

boys

between the ages of 12 and 17 play sport for an hour at least 6 days a

week

. The figure for young women is only 1 in 20. A closer examination of the figures for young people who actually participated in physical activity reveals that the greater proportion dedicates at least 3 days per

week

to these pastimes.

This

is true of about 80 per cent of both

boys

and

girls

. The fact that

girls

generally spend close to 10 per cent less

time

on average on physical activities than boy raise questions about how fit young women are in comparison to young men.