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Research has activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying that 25 per cent of British people walk for less than one hour each week. That's activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying nine minutes a day. Another 43 per cent walked for less than two hours activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying week. This research suggests people need to do activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying exercise. The British government recommends 150 minutes of physical activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying every week. Most British people are doing less than this. The research is from an activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying survey of 2,021 adults. People answered questions about how activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying they walked a week. This included walking to work, schools or to local shops. Increasing activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying of people are using their cars activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying of their feet, and playing games on video and computer screens activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying than in sports centres and parks.

Britain's largest walking activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying said the research showed that there was an 'inactivity pandemic' in Britain. More and more people are activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying any physical exercise. The charity said: “Walking is the activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying to helping reverse this pandemic of inactivity." It added: “We want people all over Britain to activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying the walking revolution….Walking is one of the activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying accessible and achievable ways to activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying conquer this inactivity." Politician Diane Abbott said the research was a ‘ activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying’ indication of the nation’s health. She said: "We need to activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying activity into the way buildings are designed. The first thing you see in a building is activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying a lift [elevator], then you have to look for the activityavoidingcharityfarfoundinsteadjoinjustkeymoremostnumbersoftenonlineperplanratherstairstrulyworrying. It should be the other way around."