It was back in 1973.  You may remember the public service announcement on television.  It may have been on the radio as well.  A Canadian organization called "ParticipACTION" shamed us when they proclaimed the average 30-year-old Canadian was in about the same physical condition as the average 60-year-old-Swede. 

Well, they're back and the messaging, 48 years later is much the same. 

ParticipACTION's latest report card on physical activity for adults finds most of us in Canada are not meeting the recommended physical activity levels. 

They concede, the pandemic has had an impact with many working from home and gyms and fitness centres closed for long stretches of time but, that said, we still got an "F" for our sedentary behaviours and an "F" for active transportation - apparently not many of us walk or cycle to get from place to place. 

ParticipACTION estimates our inactivity costs the Canadian health-care system about $6.8 billion a year and they say our federal government needs to "commit to prioritizing and tackling" what they're calling a "physical inactivity crisis". 

I'm not missing the point here but, I can't stop wondering about that Swedish man on TV, who was 60 back in '73.  I wonder how long he lived to be?