A telephone survey will be manner to review the health and fitness of residents in Quesnel. The survey, to be executed from Aug. 6 to 22, will try to find answers on physical activity throughout the previous week, together recreation and work related.

The work is being carry out on behalf of the town's Active Communities committee, part of a provincial government proposal to raise the physical activity rates of British Columbians by 20 per cent by the year 2010. A parallel survey conducted in Prince George last year establish that about 60 per cent of those surveyed walk as a type of physical activity whereas 26 per cent do vigorous activity approximating in a gym and 29 per cent do moderate exercise such as golf or tennis. But it also specifies that more than 25 per cent of Prince George residents consume unhealthily seven days a week.