Children ‘are much less active than parents think’ - The Times 9th September 2008

Children in England take less exercise than their parents may think, according to a study. Only 2 to 3 per cent of a group of six and seven-year-olds achieved recommended levels, it found. The study, published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, monitored 130 children over seven days. The amount of physical activity they did was estimated using an accelerometer device attached to their belts. The results were compared with information supplied by their parents for the Health Survey for England.

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