Share of children meeting MVPA guidelines in Ireland 2018, by age
An interesting distribution can be observed between the 12 – 13 year olds within the primary and post primary school samples, with 17 percent of primary school 12 – 13 year olds meeting the guidelines compared to only 13 percent of 12 – 13 year olds in post primary schools. this distribution could relate to the relatively low share of children considered to be a healthy level of cardiorespiratory fitness in post-primary education and alludes to the presence of a strong school transition affect on levels of physical activity.