The UK Chief Medical Officers’ recommends that children aged 5 to 18 take part in at least 60 minutes physical activity per day across a week, and this is the definition of physically active children.
The chart shows that the proportion of children aged 5 to 16 who are physically active had been decreasing in Buckinghamshire since 2018/19 when approximately half the children (51.3%) were physically active and dropped to around four out of ten (39.7%) children in 2020/21.
In 2022/23, the physical activity prevalence in Buckinghamshire has decreased to 48.8% which is similar to England (47.0%) and the South East (47.2%).
Physically active children
Percentage of children aged 5-16 years who undertake at least 60 minutes of physical activity per day across the week
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