{"id":1423,"date":"2026-05-15T12:48:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/healthy-children\/parenting-support\/exercise-and-activity\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T12:48:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:48:02","slug":"exercise-and-activity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/healthy-children\/parenting-support\/exercise-and-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise and activity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Children and young people who are physically active have better general health, stronger bones and muscles, and higher levels of self-esteem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the NHS, to maintain a basic level of health, children and young people aged\u00a05 to 18 should do at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day\u00a0\u2013\u00a0this should range from moderate activity, such as\u00a0cycling and playground activities,\u00a0to\u00a0vigorous activity, such as\u00a0running and tennis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On three days a week, these activities should\u00a0involve exercises for strong muscles and bones,\u00a0such as swinging on playground equipment, hopping and skipping, and sports such as gymnastics or tennis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Children and young people should&nbsp;also reduce the time they spend sitting for extended periods of time, including watching TV, playing computer games and travelling by car when they could walk or cycle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children and young people who are physically active have better general health, stronger bones and muscles, and higher levels of self-esteem. According to the NHS, to maintain a basic level of health, children and young people aged\u00a05 to 18 should do at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day\u00a0\u2013\u00a0this should range from moderate activity, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":802,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1423","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-24 16:55:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1423\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}