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Physical activity for children and young people

  • Public health guideline
  • Reference number: PH17
  • Published:  28 January 2009
  • Guidance
  • Tools and resources
  • Evidence
  • History
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  • Overview
  • Introduction
  • Recommendations
  • Public health need and practice
  • Considerations
  • Recommendations for research
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Appendix A: Membership of the Programme Development Group, the NICE project team and external contractors
  • Appendix B: Summary of the methods used to develop this guidance
  • Appendix C: The evidence
  • Appendix D: Gaps in the evidence
  • Appendix E: Supporting documents
  • Finding more information and committee details
  • Update information

Finding more information and committee details

To find NICE guidance on related topics, including guidance in development, see the NICE topic page on physical activity.

For full details of the evidence and the guideline committee's discussions, see the evidence reviews. You can also find information about how the guideline was developed, including details of the committee.

NICE has produced tools and resources to help you put this guideline into practice. For general help and advice on putting NICE guidelines into practice, see resources to help you put guidance into practice.


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