Physical Activity

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Increasing physical activity supports Scotland's Population Health Framework 2025 – 2035 vision “We live longer, healthier and more fulfilling lives" and supports priority 2 “Improving Healthy Weight". Public Health Scotland’s report that offers a framework for action at a national and local level is titled A systems-based approach to physical activity in Scotland.

Physical activity is a broad term that describes any movement of the human body and includes:

• everyday activities: active travel like walking, cycling or wheeling, heavy housework, gardening, DIY, occupational activity. 
• active recreation: recreational walking, cycling, active play or dance. 
• sport: sport walking and cycling, swimming, formal and informal sport, structured competitive activity, exercise and fitness training and individual outdoor pursuits.

NHS Western Isles worked with partners to develop the Active Hebrides Strategy 2019-2030 to guide local action to work together to make the Outer Hebrides a more active place.

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