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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Nick Statham

'Profound impact' of pandemic leads to major drop in youngsters exercising for just half an hour

Concerns have been raised over the pandemic’s ‘profound impact’ on the number of young people in Stockport taking any form of regular exercise.

A council report shows that nearly 40pc of young people report doing less than 30 minutes of activity per day on average over a week.

This figure, for the 2020/21 academic year, compares unfavourably with 2018/19, when the same measure stood at just over 27pc.

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