This screen time is applied to TV, tablets, mobile phones, games consoles and computers with under-fives in Britain spending over four hours and older children averaging over five and a half hours a day according to the communications watchdog Ofcom in the 2016 report Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2016.
News: Quality of Life improved through walking in people with advanced cancer.
Walking for 30 minutes three times per week could improve the quality of life for people with advanced cancer.
Research: 10 minutes of high-intensity activity daily reduces body fat in children
Children who undertake 10 minutes of high-intensity physical activity per day reduce the amount of body fat and improve their aerobic fitness, according to a study from the University of Eastern Finland and Cambridge University published by Sports Medicine.
Research: 20 minutes a day of Regular Exercise Could Cut Diabetes Risk by 26%
Meeting the recommended 150 minutes a week of physical activity can reduce a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes by up to 26% according to new research by scientists at University College London and the University of Cambridge published in the journal Diabetologia.