That this House notes RED January, Rise Every Day in January, a nationwide campaign that encourages people to engage in physical activity every day in January and raises awareness about the connection between exercise and improved mental wellbeing; highlights that recent research shows a 4% decrease in adult participation in any type of activity during the winter months, resulting in a movement decline of 1.8 million participating adults; and encourages people to take part where possible and get involved for the betterment of mental and physical health.

That this House notes RED January, Rise Every Day in January, a nationwide campaign that encourages people to engage in physical activity every day in January and raises awareness about the connection between exercise and improved mental wellbeing; highlights that recent research shows a 4% decrease in adult participation in...

That this House congratulates Mind on its report Ecotherapy-the green agenda for mental health; notes the enormous benefit that physical activity in a natural environment, such as gardening, walking, conservation work, running and cycling, can have on a person's mental well-being; further notes the relative cost-effectiveness of ecotherapy compared to other treatments; and wishes Mind well in its campaign to raise awareness of the proven benefits for mental health of green exercise amongst service users, GPs, primary care trusts, local health boards, local authorities, mental health professionals and town planners.

That this House congratulates Mind on its report Ecotherapy-the green agenda for mental health; notes the enormous benefit that physical activity in a natural environment, such as gardening, walking, conservation work, running and cycling, can have on a person's mental well-being; further notes the relative cost-effectiveness of ecotherapy compared to...

That this House welcomes the decision by Gateshead Council to recruit four physical activity development workers in a bid to encourage local people to take more exercise; notes that the new team, which is funded by Active England and based at the Gateshead International Stadium, will co-ordinate several programmes in the town and work closely with the Gateshead Primary Care Trust to support businesses in encouraging staff to participate in physical activity within or near the workplace; further notes that they will co-ordinate exercise and cardiac rehabilitation for people referred for health reasons, as well as targeting school leavers through mentoring and sports outreach programmes; and particularly welcomes the planned work with volunteers from Age Concern to increase facilities available to older people.

That this House welcomes the decision by Gateshead Council to recruit four physical activity development workers in a bid to encourage local people to take more exercise; notes that the new team, which is funded by Active England and based at the Gateshead International Stadium, will co-ordinate several programmes in...

That this House congratulates Sport England on the launch of its Everyday Sport campaign following the successful regional launch in the North East earlier this year; welcomes the campaign as a sensible and accessible method to encourage more people to get active and participate in physical activity and sport by increasing the awareness of the importance and benefits of physical activity; believes that the campaign will help to increase participation in sport and physical activity by three per cent. over the next three years; acknowledges the need for such a campaign and the benefits it will help produce, including minimising the number of obesity-related illnesses, helping to reduce obesity levels, reducing the burden on the National Health Service, reducing the number of sick days from work, building safer and stronger communities and reducing stress and improving mental health; and calls on the Government to support a national information campaign.

That this House congratulates Sport England on the launch of its Everyday Sport campaign following the successful regional launch in the North East earlier this year; welcomes the campaign as a sensible and accessible method to encourage more people to get active and participate in physical activity and sport by...

That this House applauds Asthma UK, Cancer Research UK and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy on the launch of their physical activity manifesto Active workplaces? Active communities? Active Government?; notes with concern that physical activity levels across the UK are currently very low, with only a third of men and a quarter of women doing the recommended 30 minutes of moderate intensity activity on five days each week; further notes that if people with asthma have control of their asthma it should not stop them from being able to take part in any sport or physical activity; recognises that an active lifestyle is key to improving and maintaining health and well-being, and that physical activity can help reduce the risk of developing many conditions, including cancer, diabetes, stroke, depression and mental illnesses, osteoporosis, and heart disease; believes that local and national government has a role to take in encouraging children, adults and older people to become more physically active; urges the Government to take forward the calls in the manifesto for increasing levels of physical activity across the UK; and calls on the Government to implement the Physical Activity Action Plan set out in the Choosing Activity paper quickly and effectively.

That this House applauds Asthma UK, Cancer Research UK and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy on the launch of their physical activity manifesto Active workplaces? Active communities? Active Government?; notes with concern that physical activity levels across the UK are currently very low, with only a third of men and...

That this House supports initiatives to encourage children to take exercise as an organised school activity; and further supports the new charity Schoolchildren for Children in its endeavours to persuade children to exercise while raising one pound each in sponsorship for the development of extra-curricular sporting activities in their schools as well as for schools in some of the poorest countries in the world, culminating in a series of synchronised events for participating schools across the country on 30th September.

That this House supports initiatives to encourage children to take exercise as an organised school activity; and further supports the new charity Schoolchildren for Children in its endeavours to persuade children to exercise while raising one pound each in sponsorship for the development of extra-curricular sporting activities in their schools...

That this House welcomes the launch during Mental Health Action Week of a year-long campaign by the Mental Health Foundation to increase the use of exercise referral to treat mild and moderate depression; notes the 2,000 per cent. increase in the cost of antidepressant prescriptions over the last 12 years; further notes clinical guidelines which promote the use of physical exercise for depressed patients and discourage the use of antidepressants as a firstline treatment for mild depression; welcomes new research by the Mental Health Foundation which shows that few general practitioners offer exercise referral, and a vast majority still turn to antidepressants as their firstline treatment; recognises the pressure on primary care staff caused by the lack of available alternatives to antidepressants; and believes that exercise referral is a popular, available and effective treatment that is congruent with the Government's own public health plans, and should be promoted to all general practitioners.

That this House welcomes the launch during Mental Health Action Week of a year-long campaign by the Mental Health Foundation to increase the use of exercise referral to treat mild and moderate depression; notes the 2,000 per cent. increase in the cost of antidepressant prescriptions over the last 12 years;...

That this House notes that 24 million adults in the UK are now obese or overweight; recognises that sedentary lifestyles cost the economy ??8.2 billion per year and cause a variety of health problems including coronary heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer and depression; welcomes the Chief Medical Officer's report recommending that adults should be active at least five times a week; further welcomes the launch of Everyday Sport, Sport England's pilot marketing campaign in the North East of England to increase awareness of the benefits of participation in sport and physical activity; and calls on all honourable Members to lend their full support to the campaign by being physically active themselves.

That this House notes that 24 million adults in the UK are now obese or overweight; recognises that sedentary lifestyles cost the economy ??8.2 billion per year and cause a variety of health problems including coronary heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer and depression; welcomes the Chief Medical Officer's...