RSPH has given its backing to ukactive’s Blueprint for an Active Britain, the first ever joined-up strategy for tackling the UK’s physical inactivity pandemic.

The Blueprint launched on 5 November 2015 at ukactive’s annual summit at the Emirates Stadium in London.

Shirley Cramer CBE, Chief Executive, RSPH said:  “Being physically active underpins so much of our health and wellbeing - from tackling obesity to enhancing our mental wellbeing and it is this capacity to make a positive contribution on so many fronts that makes it such a critical component in supporting the public’s health.

"Despite this our society is sedentary on an unprecedented level. Getting people moving is one of the great public health challenges of our time. ukactive’s Blueprint for an Active Britain provides us with a clear roadmap of how we can achieve this and reap the benefits of a more active society.”