Patterns and trends in adult physical activity A presentation of the latest data on adult physical activity levels

Adult physical activity levels Health Survey for England 2012 (base aged 16 and over) 2Patterns and trends in adult physical activity Two thirds of men meet national physical activity recommendations* (67%) Around half of women meet national physical activity recommendations* (55%) *150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity per week

Adult physical activity levels by age Health Survey for England 2012 (base aged 16 and over) 3Patterns and trends in adult physical activity Meets recommendations: 150 minutes of MVPA per weekSome activity: minutes of MVPA per week Low activity: minutes of MVPA per weekInactive: less than 30 minutes of MVPA per week MVPA is calculated as minutes of moderate intensity activity or double the minutes of vigorous intensity activity Men

Adult physical activity levels by age Health Survey for England 2012 (base aged 16 and over) 4Patterns and trends in adult physical activity Meets recommendations: 150 minutes of MVPA per weekSome activity: minutes of MVPA per week Low activity: minutes of MVPA per weekInactive: less than 30 minutes of MVPA per week MVPA is calculated as minutes of moderate intensity activity or double the minutes of vigorous intensity activity Women

Adult physical activity levels by ethnicity Active People Survey Jan Jan 2014 (base aged 16 and over) 5Patterns and trends in adult physical activity Meets recommendations: 150 minutes of MVPA per weekSome activity: minutes of MVPA per week Low activity: minutes of MVPA per weekInactive: less than 30 minutes of MVPA per week MVPA is calculated as minutes of moderate intensity activity or double the minutes of vigorous intensity activity

Adult physical activity levels by region Health Survey for England 2012 (base aged 16 and over) 6Patterns and trends in adult physical activity Meets recommendations: 150 minutes of MVPA per weekSome activity: minutes of MVPA per week Low activity: minutes of MVPA per weekInactive: less than 30 minutes of MVPA per week MVPA is calculated as minutes of moderate intensity activity or double the minutes of vigorous intensity activity Men

Adult physical activity levels by region Health Survey for England 2012 (base aged 16 and over) 7Patterns and trends in adult physical activity Meets recommendations: 150 minutes of MVPA per weekSome activity: minutes of MVPA per week Low activity: minutes of MVPA per weekInactive: less than 30 minutes of MVPA per week MVPA is calculated as minutes of moderate intensity activity or double the minutes of vigorous intensity activity Women

Adults meeting recommended physical activity levels * by equivalised a household income and sex Health Survey for England 2012, (base aged 16 and over) 8Patterns and trends in adult physical activity *150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity per week ª Equivalised household income is a measure that takes account of the number of people in the household. For this analysis, households were split into five equal- sized groups banded by income level (income quintiles). Physical activity levels were compared between these groups.

9Patterns and trends in adult physical activity Meets recommendations: 150 minutes of MVPA per weekSome activity: minutes of MVPA per week Low activity: minutes of MVPA per weekInactive: less than 30 minutes of MVPA per week MVPA is calculated as minutes of moderate intensity activity or double the minutes of vigorous intensity activity Adult physical activity levels by social class Active People Survey Jan Jan 2014 (base aged 16 and over)

Trend in adults undertaking 30 mins of moderate intensity activity 5 times per week Health Survey for England 2012 (base aged 16 and over) 10Patterns and trends in adult physical activity Data collected only for the years presented

Trend in adults with low levels of physical activity * Health Survey for England 2012, (base aged 16 and over) 11Patterns and trends in adult physical activity *less than 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity 1-4 times per week Data collected only for the years presented

Trend in adults participating in sport and active recreation * by sex Active People survey, (base aged 16 and over) 12Patterns and trends in adult physical activity *at least 30 minutes participation in sport and active recreation at moderate intensity per week

Time spent being sedentary in leisure time, by sex Health Survey for England 2012 (base aged 16 and over) 13Patterns and trends in adult physical activity Weekends Men Women Weekdays

Time spent sedentary in leisure time by age and sex Health Survey for England 2012 (base aged 16 and over) 14Patterns and trends in adult physical activity Weekdays Weekends Proportion of adults who spend six hours or more being sedentary per day

Average trips by mode of transport by region National Travel Survey 2012/13 15Patterns and trends in adult physical activity

Trend in average trips by mode of transport, by sex National Travel Survey, England 1995/ Patterns and trends in adult physical activity MenWomen Index 1995/97 = 100

17Patterns and trends in adult physical activity Adult physical activity factsheet

18Patterns and trends in adult physical activity Other useful PHE physical activity resources Everybody active, every day: an evidence-based approach to physical activity Everybody active, every day: what works, the evidence Obesity and the environment: increasing physical activity and active travel Active travel briefings for local authorities Standard evaluation framework for physical activity interventions Guide to physical activity data sources Guide to online tools for valuing physical activity, sport and obesity programmes E-learning modules on physical activity and health Change4Life campaign resources PHE obesity website -

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