Date document published:
May 2014
Coverage:
Hammersmith and Fulham
Kensington and Chelsea
Westminster
This report describes the levels of participation in physical activity and examines:
- How physical activity is defined
- The health and wellbeing benefits of physical activity
- The impact and cost of physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour
- The recommended levels and types of physical activity
- Which interventions and strategies work to improve participation
- The barriers that prevent people from partipation
- Beliefs and attitudes towards physical activity
