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<p>The Chief Medical Officer is clear that being physically active is important to
long-term health and crucial for keeping people healthy. Sports and physical activity
have been shown to treat, manage and prevent a range of conditions including heart
disease, cancers, diabetes, stress, depression or anxiety. It can also bring communities
together and tackle issues such as loneliness. That’s why we have continued to make
sure that people can exercise throughout the national and the local tiered restrictions.</p><p>
</p><p>Sport England’s Active Lives Adult and Children surveys provide information
not only on activity levels but also on social outcomes such as physical and mental
wellbeing too. The latest reports can be found <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/know-your-audience/data/active-lives?section=access_the_reports"
target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Furthermore, last month Sport
England published its new strategy Uniting the Movement which sets out their 10 year
vision to transform lives and communities through sport and physical activity. The
strategy seeks to tackle the inequalities we have seen in sport and physical activity
and provide opportunities to people that have traditionally been left behind including
women and those with a disability, helping to remove barriers to activity.</p><p>
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