Exercise: Children
(asked on 5th December 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of how many children meet recommended weekly physical activity guidance in each year from 2011 to 2016.
This question was answered on 13th December 2016
The latest survey report, Health Survey for England 2012, showed that 21% of boys and 16% of girls aged 5-15 meet the guidelines of at least 60 minutes a day of moderate intensity physical activity.