children.
The British Heart Foundation, Diabetes UK and Tesco are launching activity projects around the country after their survey revealed that more than 77 per cent of children are doing no more than four hours of exercise a week outside school.
The problem of inactivity was found to be far worse among poorer families, with nine in ten children from low-income households doing even less. The survey of more than 2,000 parents also revealed:
- 85 per cent of parents didn't know how much exercise their children should be doing
- 75 per cent underestimate the amount of exercise their child needs, believing they need only about 30 minutes a day
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