Moving on up

Exercise for young children was the main story as the CMOs' physical acivity guidelines were published last month. However, the accompanying report, which surveys physical activity in the UK, provides evidence across all age groups for the risks associated with inactivity and the benefits of exercise. This is the first set of UK-wide physical activity guidelines and also the first time that under 5s have been included. The focus on sedentary behaviour is new, too. A study from a team in Bristol looks at the relationship between neighbourhood deprivation and physical activity amongst older adults. An evaluation of a physical activity care pathway in a primary care setting considers the cost recruitment via disease register screening and opportunistic screening. Although the opportunistic screening was inevitably cheaper, patients recruited via disease register screening had higher completion rates and generally better outcomes in terms of behavioural change.