Benefits of Activity
Examples from the Schools Health Education Unit survey data.

Here is a selection of some of the connections that have been examined from the combined data collected so far.
Energy levels and enjoyment of PE and Games

The correlation here is significant for the boys in particular. Proportionally more of those pupils who say they are always tired in afternoon lessons say that they only enjoy PE/Games 'a little' or 'not at all'.
Enjoying PE / Games 'a lot'

The majority of pupils enjoy PE and Games. Of all those pupils who said that they are never tired in morning lessons 76% of the boys and 56% of the girls said that they enjoy PE and Games 'a lot'.
The chart here looks at the relationship between the question 'Do you feel tired in morning lessons?' and those who had nothing for breakfast. For those youngsters that said they are 'always' tired in morning lessons, proportionally more of them had nothing for breakfast than those who said that they are 'never' tired. There is a clear step upward for both boys and girls but the girls are clearly ahead of the boys.
When the breakfast food items were looked at individually it appears that those pupils who said that they were always tired in morning lessons were more likely to have had a chocolate bar for breakfast than those who said that they were never tired in morning lessons.
The reverse picture appears for those who had fruit for breakfast with proportionally more of those who say that they are never tired in morning lessons saying that they had fruit for breakfast. It is interesting to see that the girls are ahead of the boys. Is this because they would rather have fruit for breakfast than other food items?
Having cereal for breakfast is one of the most popular food choices. For those who say that they are 'never' tired in morning lessons 60% of the boys and over 50% of the girls had eaten cereal for breakfast. For those pupils that said they are always tired in morning lessons 44% of the boys and 35% of the girls had eaten cereal that morning.
The question 'How much does your school teach you that physical activities are good for you?' has been correlated with those that are active three times or more last week. There is a clear suggestion that the more the school teaches youngsters about the importance of activity, the more active the pupils will be.