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Children want more time outdoors, poll finds

13 Jul 2009

38% of children spend less than an hour a day outdoors, while almost a quarter spend more than 14 hours a week in front of a TV or computer screen. One in four parents would not allow children to spend more time outside because of safety fears.

The poll also showed that running and playing games in a garden or park is the country's favourite children's pastime.

(The Guardian, 13 July 2009)

Tags: Children, Schools & teaching, Sports, Talk To Your Baby, Young People

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