School uniform policies linked to students getting less exercise, study finds
15 February 2024School uniform policies could be restricting young people from being active, particularly primary school-aged girls, new research suggests.
Just over half of six-year-olds in Britain meet physical activity guidelines
11 August 2022Fifty-three percent of six-year-olds met the recommended daily guidelines for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in a study carried out pre-pandemic by researchers at the universities of Cambridge and Southampton.
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds and certain ethnic minorities do less vigorous physical activity
28 May 2019Children from disadvantaged backgrounds and certain ethnic minority backgrounds, including from Pakistani and Bangladeshi backgrounds, have lower levels of vigorous physical activity, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge.
Children aren’t active enough in winter, say Cambridge researchers
23 February 2016Children should be given more support to enable them to be more active during the winter, particularly at weekends, say researchers from the University of Cambridge. Their call comes in response to their findings that children are less active and spend more time sitting in autumn and winter compared to other times of the year.
Use of TV, internet and computer games associated with poorer GCSE grades
04 September 2015Each extra hour per day spent watching TV, using the internet or playing computer games during Year 10 is associated with poorer grades at GCSE at age 16, according to research from the University of Cambridge.
When mothers are active so are their children – but many mothers are not
24 March 2014A study of physical activity patterns of women and their four-year-olds reveals a strong association between the two. It also shows that only 53% of mothers engaged in 30 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity at least once a week. Taken together, these results provide valuable pointers for policy makers.
