Today we launch our new campaign GirlsInspired to close the gender sports gap in schools:
Just eight per cent of girls aged between 11 and 18 are meeting the chief medical officer’s recommendation of a daily hour of activity - exactly half the figure for boys. Respectively 44 per cent and 36 per cent of girls and boys aged between 13 and 15 are also either overweight or obese, while insufficient physical activity ultimately costs the National Health Service around £1 billion a year.
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