Table 3.

Summary of national surveillance of children's physical activity levels.

Survey	Lead agency	Year established	Subsequent survey years	Age of sample (year)	Details
Young people and sport in England26	The English Sports Council, 1994 Sport England, 1999 and 2002	1994	1999 2002 2002	6–16	•Sport during school lessons •Extra-curricular sport •Sport in leisure time •Attitudes towards sport
Health survey for England27	Department of Health	1995–1996	2006 2007 2008 2012 2015	2–15	•Moderate PA •Moderate PA in school •Active travel to school •Sedentary time outside school (since 2008)
Young people health related behaviour survey41	Schools Health Education Unit	2000	N/A	10–15	•PA out of school •Active travel to school
National diet and nutrition survey42	ONS and the Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research	2000	N/A	1.5–4.5 4–18	Unknown
Taking part survey43	Department for Culture, Media and Sport	2005/06	2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19	5–15	•Sport out of school
National diet and nutrition survey44	Public Health England and the UK FSA	2008/09	2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17	1.5–3.3 4–10 11–18	•Movement counts from accelerometry
Health behaviour in school-aged children45	WHO Regional Office for Europe	2009/10	2014 2018	11–15	•Moderate-to-vigorous PA •Reasons for undertaking PA
What about YOUth46	Department of Health	2014	N/A	15	•Moderate-to-vigorous PA •Reasons for undertaking PA
Active lives children and young people survey28	Sport England	2017/18	2018/19 2019/20	5–16	•Moderate PA inside school •Moderate PA outside school •Attitudes towards sport and PA •Sport spectating •Volunteering in sport

Abbreviations: FSA = Food Standards Agency; N/A = not applicable; ONS = Office for National Statistics; PA = physical activity; WHO = World Health Organization.