Statistics and Evidence

Most of the evidence for monitoring young people’s physical activty levels in this country is very recent. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is planning to publish Promotion of Physical Activity in Children following its current review, in January 2009.

Walk England will be show casing this publication then. Meanwhile their review of the available evidence on Active Travel, suggested that curriculum related interventions, coupled with initiatives such as walking buses and walk to school weeks can increase the amount of walking to and from school.

According to recent Department for Health research, Promoting safe and healthy journeys to school which in turn can also help to reduce the use of the car and impact of the 'school run'. The Department plan to launch a campaign to tackle childhood obesity very shortly which will include recommendations for physical activity.


How far is too far?

Research carried out on adolescent school children exploring patterns of active commuting.