Sport England releases the latest Active Lives Children and Young People Report for 24-25, as Kath Hudson reports

Sport England has released the latest Active Lives Children & Young People Report for the 2024-25 academic year.

Sport England has announced 27 new partnerships that will benefit from its place-based approach, which aims to reduce the postcode lottery by targeting areas of deprivation and low activity.

Children’s fitness and GLP-1 customers are this month’s topics for discussion

Sport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People Survey for the academic year 2023- 2024 has found that one of the biggest determinants of physical activity levels is children having positive attitudes towards exercise.

Sport and physical activity creates annual savings of £10.5 billion for the NHS and social care, according to Sport England research published today (22 October).

Active Oxfordshire has received £1.3 million to tackle inactivity and inequality and launch a new programme for children.

Physical activity levels among children and young people have improved compared to five years ago, according to Sport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People Report 22-23, which was published today (7 December 2023).

Children’s and young people’s activity levels are back to pre-pandemic levels, confirms Sport England in its annual Active Lives Children and Young People Survey 2021-2022.

Almost half of children and young people (46.8 per cent) in England are doing the recommended average of 60 or more minutes of physical activity a day. The figure, from the second annual Active Lives Children and Young People Survey, shows there has been a rise of 3.6 per cent in the number of active children over the last year.

Enjoyment is the single biggest factor in motivating children to be active – while "physically literate" children do twice as much activity.

Children in developed countries are not moving enough to maintain healthy growth and development – according to a report by the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA).

The latest chapter of the government’s Childhood Obesity Plan – published this week – has received a mixed reaction from the physical activity sector.

Les Mills UK has teamed up with ukactive to offer its Born To Move virtual class to 10,000 schools across the UK for free on National Fitness Day later this month.

As well as being happier and fitter, children who are more physically active enjoy a range of social benefits including increased confidence and peer acceptance, according to a new evidence review published today (2 July).

Les Mills has become the latest fitness brand to set its sights on tackling youth inactivity with the launch of its new children’s programme Born To Move.

Two new studies into children’s exercise look at why it matters, and how we can help ensure it happens

ukactive teams up with Judy Murray to put family exercise on the agenda

Entitled ‘Engaging Children and Young People in Physical Activity’, a new report by Precor and ukactive highlights the importance of physical activity on child development.

Lack of exercise is not a major cause of childhood obesity, according to an 11-year research into child health.

Parents have been warned to "take off the blinkers" over how active their children are to prevent an increase in childhood obesity levels, according to new research from the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

Children who regularly take part in physical activity are 20 per cent happier than those who shun exercise in favour of computer games or television, according to recent research commissioned for the launch of Sainsbury’s Active Kids campaign.

British Gymnastics has teamed up with face-paint company Snazaroo to promote its new children’s health and fitness campaign.