{"id":337013,"date":"2017-07-17T07:51:15","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T07:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=337013"},"modified":"2017-07-17T07:51:15","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T07:51:15","slug":"children-exercise-less-as-they-get-older","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/children-exercise-less-as-they-get-older\/","title":{"rendered":"Children ‘exercise less as they get older’"},"content":{"rendered":"
The number of children doing an hour of exercise a day falls by nearly 40% between the ages of five and 12.<\/p>\n
Figures suggest that by the final year of primary school, just 17% of pupils are doing the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity every day.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for Public Health England described the drop in activity levels as “concerning”.<\/p>\n
More than a third of children in England are overweight by the time they leave primary school.<\/p>\n
A new survey from Public Health England and Disney looked at the effects of physical activity on children’s emotional wellbeing<\/p>\n
More than 1,000 children aged five to 11 were questioned, with their parents acknowledging that being active made their children feel happier (79%), more confident (72%), and more sociable (74%).<\/p>\n
But the survey also found that children’s overall happiness declined with age, with 64% of five-and six-year-olds saying they always felt happy, compared with just 48% of 11-year-olds.<\/p>\n