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Unrestricted Kids Are More Active: Study
Researchers at the University of Bristol tracked the movements of 1,307 children using GPS technology.
They also asked the pupils, aged ten and 11 from 23 schools, to complete a questionnaire about how much freedom they were given to travel outside the home unsupervised by their parents.
Participants said they were never, sometimes, often or always allowed to go to local shops, a big shopping centre, park or playground, sports centre, swimming pool, library, school, cinema, friend's house, amusement arcade, bus stop or train station.
The researchers found that both boys and girls given greater freedoms were much more active on weekdays than those closely watched by adults.
"This is the first study to show that freedom to move around unsupervised in the local and wider neighbourhood is directly related to how physically active children are," the Scotsman quoted Dr Ashley Cooper, senior investigator on the study, as saying.
"These findings suggest that giving children more independence to move outside is related to greater levels of physical activity, which is important for health.
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