Active Tag

It’s cold and wet – hardly perfect conditions to get your kids off the sofa and exercising. But with one in three primary schoolchildren overweight, it has never been more important to get them fit. Three-quarters of children aren’t active enough, ­according to a Government survey, and unfit kids are six times more likely to show early signs of heart disease. Professor Peter Helms, from the Department of Child Health at Aberdeen University, claims the health consequences are far-reaching. “We’ve become a sedentary nation,” he says. “Obesity is an epidemic and we’re going the