Suggestions for parents, teachers and caregivers to help children reduce their sedentary time. (Courtesy of CESP)

Canadian children and teens should spend no more than two hours a day sitting and watching TV or playing video games, new guidelines say.

The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology followed up on January's physical activity guidelines on Tuesday, saying mounting evidence supports the need to limit sedentary behaviour as a health issue distinct from moving more.

Children and youth spend an average of 8.6 hours per day, or 62 per cent of their waking hours being sedentary, the group noted.

But in an ideal day, the majority of time would be spent engaging in light intensity activity like cooking, about 25 per cent of the day sitting, with the rest of the day spent pursing moderate-intensity activities like cycling and vigorous-intensity activities like playing hockey, according to the society.

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