Due to the closure of schools, sports clubs and youth organisations, 79 per cent of parents reported that their children were currently doing less than 60 minutes every day.
A survey of more than 1,000 parents with children aged 18 and under found that 60 per cent said their children are active, but for 30 minutes or less.
A further 11 per cent say their children are currently doing no activity at all.
As schools prepare to reopen on Monday (8 March), 81 per cent of parents asked said they now believe that schools should be ensuring that each pupil is physically active for at least 30 minutes every day while in school, with 78 per cent calling for schools to provide at least two hours per week of physical education to every pupil.
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