TY - JOUR T1 - Physical activity and the environment JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - 113 LP - 113 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2020-319350 VL - 106 IS - 2 AU - Caroline Gribbon Y1 - 2021/04/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/106/2/113.abstract N2 - Decreased physical activity is one of the attributing factors to the growing obesity epidemic in children and adolescents, with one in three children overweight or obese by the time they leave primary school.1 2 In March 2018, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) introduced a guideline to improve the physical environment to encourage and support physical activity with the aim of increasing the general population’s physical activity.3 Although this guidance is most relevant for local authorities and town planners, it is important we consider the physical environment that our patients live and play in.Engage the community in … ER -