Youth Sport Trust: children’s activity levels in England ‘a national concern’

• 53% not meeting chief medical officer’s guidelines
• Government urged to do more to boost activity

New figures showing that 53% of children and young people in England still do not meet the chief medical officer’s guidelines for daily activity are a “national concern”, the Youth Sport Trust has warned.

Almost four million children are not physically active for the recommended 60-plus minutes a day on average, according to a Sport England survey of 100,000 children and young people during the 2022-23 academic year.

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