Guidelines

The current UK physical activity guidelines, published in July 2011, outline the amount of physical activity which adults (aged 19-64 years) should be doing to benefit theit health.

The current guidelines are:

• Adults should aim to be active daily. Over a week, activity should add up to at least 150 minutes (2½ hours) of moderate intensity activity in bouts of 10 minutes or more – one way to approach this is to do 30 minutes on at least 5 days a week.
• Alternatively, comparable benefits can be achieved through 75 minutes of vigorous intensity activity spread across the week or a combination of moderate and vigorous intensity activity.
• Adults should also undertake physical activity to improve muscle strength on at least two days a week.
• All adults should minimise the amount of time spent being sedentary (sitting) for extended periods. 

For more abouth the UK physical activity guidelines for adults and information about support and dissemination please go to www.ssehsactive.org.uk/adultsguidelines