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Nearly 12 million adults in England did less than 30 minutes of exercise a week between mid-March and mid-May, the latest Sport England Active Lives survey has found, with the spring lockdown causing “unprecedented” falls in activity levels.
The proportion of the population classed as inactive – meaning they did less than half an hour of walking or other activity a week – rose by 3.4m to 11.8m, an increase of 7.4%, with the poor, elderly, and ethnic groups hit particularly hard.
Written by Sean Ingle Chief sports reporter
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/oct/22/sport-england-reports-three-million-fewer-people-active-during-lockdown under the title “Sport England reports three million fewer people active during lockdown”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
