Exercising outdoors 'being ignored by teenagers'
05/11/2009 Teenagers are not taking the recommended amount of exercise, according to new research.
Figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats revealed that the majority of 19-year-olds are not taking regular exercise.
Tam Fry of the Child Growth Foundation and National Obesity Forum said the problem starts at school, adding: "The problem is that the whole of physical education in schools is flawed."
He added that currently children are not receiving the recommended two hours a week of supervised physical education in school.
Mr Fry added that it was "ludicrous" that the threshold should be increased to five hours a week if the minimum two hours is not being achieved.
The percentage of 16-18 year-olds participating in regular sport at least once a month has been steadily declining for the last four years, to the dismay of Mr Fry.
He said that the government needed to do more because every child should be having at least one hour of brisk physical activity per day, which is only realistically attainable in schools.
Figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats revealed that the majority of 19-year-olds are not taking regular exercise.
Tam Fry of the Child Growth Foundation and National Obesity Forum said the problem starts at school, adding: "The problem is that the whole of physical education in schools is flawed."
He added that currently children are not receiving the recommended two hours a week of supervised physical education in school.
Mr Fry added that it was "ludicrous" that the threshold should be increased to five hours a week if the minimum two hours is not being achieved.
The percentage of 16-18 year-olds participating in regular sport at least once a month has been steadily declining for the last four years, to the dismay of Mr Fry.
He said that the government needed to do more because every child should be having at least one hour of brisk physical activity per day, which is only realistically attainable in schools.
