We want to be more active! Children and young people reveal motivations to move as screen time explo
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Two-fifths of children want to be more physically active than they currently are but some report spending six hours a day glued to their devices when not at school, according to research by ukactive.
A survey of more than 1,000 children and young people aged seven to 14, conducted with kids and family insight agency, Beano Brain, has revealed the latest views and habits of the next generation when it comes to being active.
It comes as ukactive launches its ‘Next Generation’ strategy for investing in the future of children and young people’s physical activity levels – with the ambition to get one million more children active by 2030.
Today’s new polling shows a clear desire from children and young people to be more physically active and helps to identify their main motivations.
Only 26% of children sampled said they’d want to be on a screen over taking part in physical activity and 40% said that they want to be more physically active than they currently are.
However, over half o...
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