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Figure 3
Portrait of typical 12-year-old boy and girl, 1981 and 2007-2009
* significantly different from estimate for 1981 (p<0.05)
Note: Estimates are based on median values for boys and girls aged 11 to 13 years. To make estimates more comparable, Canadian Health Measures Survey estimates for flexibility and muscular strength exclude respondents screened out of aerobic fitness test (see Methods).
Sources: 1981 Canada Fitness Survey; 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey.
