What is the problem?
Being physically active is a core driver of health, fitness and wellbeing in young children and helps to prevent chronic diseases in adulthood such as obesity, heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes.
Low levels of physical activity and high sedentary time can effect children’s cognitive, social, physical and emotional development, and lack of outdoor physical activity risks both children’s visibility as citizens and their physical safety.
What have we done?
Born in Bradford has conducted extensive research exploring levels and patterns of children’s physical activity and sedentary behaviour and has investigated factors which influence how active or sedentary children are.
What has changed as a result?
During 2018-2021, a test and learn approach was adopted in three initial, geographically defined, neighbourhoods to explore what showed promise, and what did not, within the JU:MP geographical area. The learning gained established the JU:MP programme model for the next phase which is now working with a further five neighbourhoods (2021 – 2025).
