Importance of regular physical activity

Taking part in regular physical activity has lots of benefits for children’s physical health, mental health, general wellbeing, and their learning too.

The benefits are clear but we know that one third of children are active for less than 30 minutes a day (ref). Global recommendations from the World Health Organisation outline that children should be doing 60 minutes a day.

Read on below to see how The Daily Mile can help and click here to access our research resource.