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Guidance from the Chief Medical Officers in the UK on the amount and type of physical activity people should be doing to improve their health. From: Department of Health and Social Care and...
Nov 30, 2017 · On average, 78% of boys (95% CI 72% to 85%) and 83% of girls (95% CI 71% to 96%) met the standards for healthy CRF, with the percentage meeting the standards decreasing with age.
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Published 19 September 2019
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The infographic summarises the UK Chief Medical Officers’ physical activity guidelines, 2019.
Spread activity throughout the day.
All activities should make you breathe faster and feel warmer.
Aim for an average of at least 60 minutes per day across the week.
Activities to develop movement sills, and muscle and bone strength across the week include:
•playing
•running and walking
- Department of Health And Social Care
Maintaining a consistent set of physical activity guidelines across all the UK remains one of the key strengths of a joint report from the four Chief Medical Officers of England, Northern...
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The following chart shows how much girls enjoy physical activity. Overall, they were most positive about Being active (88% like it a lot/like it ), followed by PE (87% like it a lot/like it ), then Sports day (75% like it a lot/like it ).
This study estimated that 78% (95% CI 72% to 85%) of boys and 83% (95% CI 71% to 96%) of girls met the new international criterion-referenced standards of 42 and 35 mL/kg/min respectively for healthy cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), with the percentage meeting the standards decreasing with age.
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Just a quarter of girls meet current recommended levels of physical activity a week. Female drop off in sport starts earlier than males’ and is also more dramatic. Despite PE being compulsory in schools, one in five girls still does no activity in a week. This is twice the proportion of boys.
