Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Dec 2007
Temporal trends in physical activity in England: the Health Survey for England 1991 to 2004.
Physical activity is an established risk factor for chronic disease but very little is known about its temporal trends in England. Such information is crucial for planning public health interventions. ⋯ The common perception that overall physical activity levels are declining may be over-simplistic as despite the decreases in occupational physical activity, there is a clear upward trend in sports participation. Changes in the measuring methodology over time preclude the presentation of a clear picture of the total temporal trends in physical activity in England.