This section holds previous Active Lives release updates for reference.
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Overall there are more adults moving in Wigan, an increase by 13,000 adults since 2015-16. Mostly due to an increase of 12,800 adults (+4.8%) who are fairly active, whereas those achieving 150 minutes a week has decreased slightly (by -0.3%).
In Wigan 60.5% of children and young people are not achieving an average of 60 active minutes per day, which means that only 4 in 10 are doing enough activity to stay healthy.
70.3% of adults in Wigan are moving, at least 30 minutes a week, equivalent to 186,100 adults. This is an improvement since baseline (November 2015-16) of 2.9% and 9,600 adults.
The latest Active Lives results published by Sport England shows that 70.1% of adults in Wigan are active for at least 30 minutes a week, this equates to 187,100 adults moving. This is an increase of 1,000 from the survey 12 months ago.
In Wigan just 48.1% of children and young people are achieving an average of 60 minutes of physical activity a day. This means that half are not meeting Chief Medical Officer guidelines.
The latest Active Lives results published by Sport England shows that 64.6% of adults in Wigan are active for at least 30 minutes a week, this equates to 172,500 adults moving. This is a decrease of 18,700 from 12 months ago.