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New UK physical activity guidelines launched by Cheif Medical Officers
The four UK Chief Medical Officers (CMO) have published new physical activity guidelines covering early years; children and young people; adults; and older adults.
These guidelines have a renewed focus on being active everyday and spell out the recommended minimum levels of activity for each age group:
- Under-fives
180 minutes – (three hours) – each day, once a child is able to walk.
For non-walkers physical activity should be encouraged from birth, particularly through floor-based play and water-based activities in safe environments. - Children and young people (5-18 year olds)
60 minutes and up to several hours every day of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity. Three days a week should include vigorous intensity activities that strengthen muscle and bone. - Adults (19-64 years old) and older people (65+)
150 minutes – (two and half hours) – each week of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity (and adults should aim to do some physical activity every day). Muscle strengthening activity should also be included twice a week.
'Start Active, Stay Active' updates the existing guidelines for children, young people and adults, and includes for the first time in the UK, new guidelines for early years and older people. The flexibility of the guidelines creates new ways to achieve the health benefits of an active lifestyle, while retaining a strong link to previous recommendations. For all age groups, they highlight the risks of excessive sedentary behaviour, which exist independently of any overall volume of physical activity.
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