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

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

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

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are less active in their leisure

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than

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There is a noticeable difference between the percentages of

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and

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

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. About one-third of

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devote over an hour of their

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three times a

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to active leisure pursuits

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applies to over half of the

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

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

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. 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

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to these pastimes.

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is true of about 80 per cent of both

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and

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. The fact that

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generally spend close to 10 per cent less

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